Happy New Year or Not?
I must admit that I am not very excited about the coming year, and I am not particularly sorry to see 2016 gone, either. There have been far worse years, I guess. On a personal level, 2016 wasn’t a bad year, except for the death of my father-in-law on Dec. 24. That was a blow. But Mrs. D and I are relatively healthy, and we live a comfortable life. We are lucky.
As for the coming year, I plan to keep my focus pretty close to home. That is, I will probably pay attention to my wife and my home and not much else. I need to do some interior painting and some outside landscaping, so I will keep busy. Just keeping this place clean is a job. I could do worse than maintenance work, I guess.
I am thinking I may audit a class or two at the local college. There are many subjects that would be fun to delve into: history, archaeology, astronomy, women’s studies, music and art appreciation, Spanish, and, of course, English language, literature, and composition. I don’t really want to take an online course. I’d rather do it in meatspace. We’ll see.
Overall, I am simply hoping to muddle through 2017 alive and well. I will just keep my head down and try to make Mrs. D’s life as easy as I can.
How about you? Happy New Year or not?
THINK GLOBALLY, ACT LOCALLY
Nationwide: January 21, 2017
Find your march here and start a group effort to march together, it will be listed here in CUA.
Women’s March on America, inspired by the Women’s March on Washington, calls on all Americans across the political spectrum to hold marches on the same day, at the same times, in communities across the country.
Together, we will send a message to our leaders and the world that the United States of America stands for values of human decency, equal rights and freedom from discrimination.
Our vision is that on January 21, 2017, the day after the Inauguration, Americans will unite in towns, cities, and schools across the nation to march in solidarity with communities affected by hate, intolerance, and acts of violence.
Many of us will not be able to make it to the march in Washington, DC. But we can come together in our local communities to march for our shared values.
The New York City & New Jersey Kos groups are joining in on the already massive Women’s March on NYC on Saturday, January 21, 2017 and marching together with the Daily Kos banner, shown just above. They’ll likely meet afterward for food & drink, stay tuned for those details. NYC March details here.
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1. joanbrooker and film students
2. kathny
3. belinda ridgewood
4. gchaucer2
5. ericlewis0
6. FreeBeer
7. grannycarol
8. kishik
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sidnora
karma5230
Alastriona
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The SFKossacks are meeting to march together with our Daily Kos banner on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 4 PM. There’s a chance we’ll meet for lunch before and definitely drinks afterward. Stay tuned for times and locations.
RSVPS
1. navajo
2. Meteor Blades
3. citisven
4. liberating spaces
5. Lorikeet
6. kimoconnor
7. dsb
8. sfpcnik
9. sfpcnik’s husband
10. boatsie
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1. Radiowalla
2. smileycreek
3.
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mimi2three
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1. no way lack of brain
2. Elisa Batista & Eli
3.
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1. jck
2. maggiejean
3.
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1. 714day
2. gmats
3. susans
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