No. Six

My dear Mr. Kappus,

          I don't want you to be without a greeting from me when Christmas comes and when you, in the midst of the holiday, are bearing your solitude more heavily than usual.  But when you notice that it is vast, you should be happy; for what (you should ask yourself) would a solitude be that was not vast; there is only one solitude, and it is vast, heavy, difficult to bear,f sociability, however trivial or cheap, for the tiniest outward agreement with the first person who comes along, the most unworthy.... But perhaps these are the very hours during which solitude grows; for its growing is painful as the growing of boys and sad as the beginning of spring. But that must not confuse you.  What is necessary, after all, is only this: solitude, vast inner solitude. ...

- Excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet, No. 6.  December 23, 1903.  Rainer Maria Rilke

Nov 3

Well, just about across the board, the Democrats lost last night.

Something i want to know.  Say back in the 1930s during the great depressions, we as a nation didn't hit rock bottom.  Say in the 1950s 60s 70s we didn't hit rock bottom when we had white dudes blowing up churches with black kids in them.  I thought that was America's rock bottom.  When I started learning about history I was glad that the whole Rock Bottom Times were behind me and I had the most amazing future to look forward to.  A future with flying cars, cool people passing awesome legislation in Congress.  Man, imagine being a kid in the 90's with an imagination.  Literally, everything was possible.

Now, after the swing of this vote, I fear that America's financial or social rock bottom is not behind us.  I fear for this.

Thanks Boomers.  You had the best, and gave us the worst.