Thursday, November 10, 2016

Electoral Wounds at Full Circle Farm


November 9 , 2016 Washington Post
We are so exhausted from thinking about this election, millions of people will take up leaf-raking and garage cleaning with intense pleasure.”

Is that why I have been so engrossed in deadheading the gardens for three days?

 

Girls Can Be Anything, Just Not President
By JESSICA BENNETTNOV. 10, 2016  NY Times
“Yes, I believed she was the most qualified candidate. No, I didn’t like all of her policies. But did it matter to me that she was female? Yes, it did…
...To many of us, Mrs. Clinton was representative of every woman who’s been talked over or overlooked for a job, had her qualifications questioned, or been called a “bitch.” She was those times I was told I needed to be “nice,” and she stood for those women who were told they didn’t “look” like engineers (or in her case, presidential).”