Vix Voice

Voting & Monadnock

I'm so proud of folks who vote. I believe our vote really matters, which may be utterly delusional...or not. But it sure looked like it did in the election just past. So for all of those who made phone calls and held signs and baked cookies for fund-raising sales and sat at voter check-ins and on and on and on---your work mattered. It will always matter. Because it's not just about the actual vote, but all the energy that goes into our democratic process.

Our home rests in the shadow of Mount Monadnock. She's a lovely mountain, and believed to be sacred by the local American Indians. She's magic, and, yes, she is a she. Here's a photo taken by two friends, a newly wedded couple. Dan great up with my boys and Oana is from Romania. Grand Monadnock is the most-climbed mountain in the world. (I can back this up!)

By the way, I didn't take these photos, nor was I on this trek. Pretty day here, but chilly!  Now I'm back to work on Tally 4.

Interview

I recently did an interview for the California Literary Review, an awfully interesting online magazine. They offer terrific reviews, essays, and interviews. I wrote answers to questions posed by the writer which, for me, was a little different method. Back when I was freelancing I wrote lots of interviews with people from Celtics basketball legend Bob Cousy to a wheelchair-bound fella who was a marvelous scuba diver. I loved doing interviews.

Is everyone gearing up for the election? I sure hope so, as it's a huge one. We're lucky that in this country we can vote without fear of being shot. Then again, some voting areas are now insisting on photo IDs. Hummm. Makes me wonder. The thing is, if I didn't have a driver's license, I wouldn't have any photo ID. There are an awful lot of folks out there who don't drive and don't have photo IDs. I don't think it's fair or legal to disenfranchise them. How about you?

I am currently knitting a Christmas gift that's given me... Well, let's just say that after Christmas, I don't plan to knit this ever again! It's fun, but frustrating.

I would like to present Toadalicious. He appeared several years ago, then disappeared until this fall, when I spotted him again in the lily patch. Isn't he marvelous? I love him.

Toodles.