BIDEN WINS!

The New York Times finally called it Presidential Election Results - Biden Wins!

They are celebrating in my neighborhood. At the corner of Church and Ocean Parkway, folks are gathered with noise-makers, and cheering. Cars pass by and honk and wave, and the passengers cheer!

It's an amazing thing. And the weather is beautiful - sunny, in the 70s, as if it approves somehow.

And that's nothing compared to what they are doing north of me, in Park Slope, Fort Green, Carroll Gardens and Downtown Brooklyn.. They are dancing in the street in Courtelyou - Ditmas Park.

279 to 214

Biden got NEVADA finally and is well on his way to getting Pennsylvania. So Biden has Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania and possibly Georgia.

Cover of today's New York Times - Biden Beats Trump - Harris is the first woman elected Vice President.

I still wish all the votes were in. Although they wouldn't have called it if it wasn't official.

Day 235 of Lockdown ( I think?)

What a beautiful day today has been. There's been dancing in the streets.
I did go out briefly and celebrate at the corner of Church and Ocean Parkway with a bunch of folks. They banged noise-makers, cheered, and waved at the passing cars - who honked and cheered in response.

And currently as I write this - folks are partying in Prospect Park. It's in the 70s, so warm enough to hang in the park, social distance, on a blanket, with masks. (I saw it on the news - I didn't go, I went to the far more peaceful and safer Greenwood Cemetery instead. Mainly because...well..hello, pandemic? Also I'd be doing it by myself and I'm not a huge fan of crowds.)

The Election from Hell is OVER! Finally!

( how I found out - which it turns out is the same way my brother found out )

On FB - people are celebrating. On Twitter - they are celebrating. On DW - they are celebrating. One of my British friends on FB stated she learned when the boats on the Thames started playing the American National Anthem.
And...apparently church bells rang across Europe. People on Twitter were posting - "You might want to reconsider how you are living your life when the entire globe dances in the street when you lose your job." Or my favorite - "You know you are doing something wrong, when people around the world celebrate your loss of a job as if someone had destroyed the death star."

Oh happy day! And it was beautiful outside. Truly beautiful. One could almost forget we had a pandemic.



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It's good news. There's no way Trump can win. I was right - he will be gone by January. I got my third miracle. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

There are such things as Miracles

I had asked for four miracles in the middle of Greenwood Cemetery in September. I looked up at the trees and prayed. All four were out of my control. I could do a few things - sure, but I had to put my faith in others. And that's really hard to do.
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Walking around a Cemetery

People report taking hikes in various state parks. Visiting all the corners of New York State. Taking road trips. Learning new hobbies.

I spent 2020 walking and photographing a cemetery. Taking a moment to appreciate each tree, each leaf, each flower, each statue, each pound, each lake, and all the squirrles, badgers, hawks, birds, etc that live among the grave stones.

Today, it was peaceful. Not quite as many people as usual - possibly because they were all celebrating elsewhere. I could walk for about an hour with little to no social interaction. And the little there was - was at a distance of at least ten feet or more. I would put on my mask whenever I got within ten-twenty feet of another human.

I sat for a bit, breathed in the fresh air, and soaked in the sunshine.

Clear blue skies. Not a cloud marring them. Warm. Sunny. At 4:30 pm, as the sun began to slowly dip below the horizon, it was still in the 70s. Short sleeves, no jacket required.

A joyous day to be alive.

Day #6 - of 60 Days of Gratitude.

Feeling very grateful today.

This day #6 of the 60 Days of Gratitude Challenge.

The prompt is ...What in nature are you most grateful for?

Trees!



I love trees. They've kept me sane since March. I walk outside and touch trees. No matter what happens, there they are, stalwart and steady against the sky.

Day 10 of the 30 Day Book Challenge

The prompt is name a mystery or a thriller.

Rest of the days can be found HERE.

How about... Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg.

I devoured that book in the 1990s.

And then saw the movie - which wasn't as good. Read the book, the movie was kind of disappointing.

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