Looking for the silver lining

It's John Lennon's birthday today. Anyone else horrified to realize he would have been 68, or are we all so terrifyingly grownup now that we're not fazed?

On a larger scale, I cannot help but feel that we are entering (or well into) dangerous and uncharted waters in this country. I am fortunate enough to know that my job is safe, and so is my husband's -- but I think about all of the farmers and fiber artists and techie people I know and I worry about what the future holds for them. We're all so busy saying how important this election is but the fact remains that neither candidate is going to be able to fix what's wrong with our economy right away (if ever), and a lot of people who cannot afford to do so are going to pay for some stunningly bad decisions, policies, and lack of vision. And the people who made those decisions and cooked up those policies will barely feel a pinch. It's disheartening.

I'll come up with something more positive in a day or so. Maybe I'll show you some knitting, or some puppy pictures (she's coming to visit for the weekend). Maybe I'll have come up with an awesome recipe for using up the green tomatoes. Maybe I'll be able to tell you that I've graded all the papers in my possession. Yes.