Isolation Diary: FB asks, “What’s on your mind, Ruth?” The old tale of King Arthur’s time about The Holy Grail and the Fisher King. Or how I imperfectly recall it. The King is wounded with a wound that will not heal. The kingdom suffers as the King does. We have a pestilent ‘king’ in the WH; is the country suffering because of him or is he there because the country was suffering? I suppose it is all one phenomenon. But not pervasive, not completely. There are true and good hearts active. Personally, in my little bubble, I had a very nice day until late in the afternoon when I finally became aware of what was going on. Still I maintained my equilibrium until Maggie (I was at her house at the time) asked me directly how I felt about the current situation. Or situations. Hard for me to avoid a direct question. And I went on a bit of a rant. Not about the current unrest but about the abhorrent betrayal of the Pennsylvania Democrats by the Republicans who, by keeping secret their covid positive tests (or at least there was one) from the Democrats but not the Republicans, and still meeting in committee, and declaring that all were safe, endangered not only the health and lives of the Dems in that committee but their spouses and children. This betrayal is symbolic to me of the pestilence that is manifesting in our country. I hope our Vote is a Vaccine.
Ruth Silveira
And what is the wound that will not heal? In Trump? And his cult? This hole in their souls.Susan J.
Oh, Ruth. As painful as it is to read this post, we all need to face these atrocities. On my darkest days, I then think: So. Now what?