Blue Wednesday
Red crayon please.
Red sneakers.
The red flavor was cherry, which was, and usually is the best. In a bag of Starburst, give me all the reds over any other flavor any time.
Now that I'm older and candy is not my thing - my favorite foods are still red. Apples, perfect tomatoes. Juicy watermelon in summer.
But after last night - red - you might have to go.
Suddenly red is the color of deceit. Of blood. More specifically - the blood of racially prompted violence. Red is the color of a woman's bloody diy abortion. Or a trans kid's dripping wrists when they tried to kill themselves. Red is the color of our baking earth - getting sicker and sicker with the climate deniers raping the land.
This is red.
Donald Trump and JD Vance ran on a platform of racism, bigotry and hate. The made fun of people with disabilities, they mocked their running mates, they mocked immigrants and their platform, which you can read for yourself, is all about taking away rights we the people have worked so hard to get.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ran a good campaign. They are likeable and not felons, but I guess the USA really just voted against a woman, and for their wallets.
So today, I mope. I'll take down my yard signs, take a few deep breaths and a nice long walk, listen to a Phil (Lesh) show. We all have to make sure we do some self care today - and care for each other as well. We know that bigotry, greed, misogyny, racism and the raping of the planet are just wrong. Love must win over hate even if it didn’t at the ballot box. Let’s take a day to grieve, and then take care of each other so we can be warriors of peace and love tomorrow.
And as for me, I'm going to pick a new favorite color, because red, you let me down big time.
My "Deadheads for Kamala" shirt (which I am wearing now) is yellow. Maybe I'll try yellow. People say I look good in yellow.
I saw this image on @threads and I thought it was so good. Art by Gary Taxali.
