Second Anniversary

Yes, it was two years ago, post-election day 2004, when I turned to JM and told him that I thought the time was right for us to leave California and try to move to France. Granted, that decision was motivated by a deep sense of loss at the results of the election, but it was also from a sense that there had to be something more to life than what I was experiencing at that time in L.A.

The move was made with no regrets and no looking back. I feel no sense of loss (other than missing friends and family); certainly there is nothing I miss about Los Angeles itself.

We could have found ourselves in a place less suited to our personalities and lifestyle than the Possum Kingdom, so I do feel a profound sense of gratitude to whatever forces pushed us in this direction. As I look around our home and village, I realize that I am very lucky indeed that things turned out the way that they did.

Now, on this anniversary, I also feel a great sense of jubilation at the results of the mid-term elections. I did not want to let my hopes get too high: been there, done that. But I feel that in most cases, people put the good of the country and their fellow citizens ahead of other issues. Yes, we could do better on some of the propositions: what is it about homosexuals having the same rights as straight people that is so frightening? Still, taking back the House and being on the verge of taking back the Senate will perhaps give us a chance of stopping the rampaging Nutso Faction from further dragging the U.S. into a deepening swamp.

I still don't understand how Arnold won in California, and with such a majority. I really wish I believed it was because people thought he was doing a good job and not because they still believe they are voting for a kick-ass robot from the future...

Ciao for now

Randy