The morning after the mid-terms.  One has to expect something on the day after…  What did I expect? 

Perhaps I thought that the deluge of propaganda, image-based demonizing of the opposition, “othering” of a member of the opposing party, caricaturing as anti-human one’s opponent would rule the day — the sun would fail to rise over a devastated smoldering landscape of wreckage…

Thus I am relieved to be wrong.  The sun did rise.  The Trumpist neo-fascist party did not seize control of the country and we are more or less in the same condition as we were before the election,   If Americans are unable to repudiate such madness, at least we are not yet overwhelmed by the might-makes-right view of the world.

Alive on the beachhead, to fight on…

Is there a song, a good tune to hold onto?  There is.

Rock And Roll Lullaby

By B. J. Thomas

She was just sixteen and all alone
When I came to be
So we grew up together
My mama child and me
Now things were bad and she was scared
But whenever I would cry
She’d calm my fears and dry my tears
With a rock and roll lullaby

And she’d sing sha na na na na na na na na
It’ll be all right
Sha na na na na na na na na na
Just hold on tight
Sing it to me mama, mama mama mama
Sing it sweet and clear
Oh, mama let me hear that old rock and roll lullaby

Now, we made it through the lonely days
But Lord the nights were long
And we’d dream of better moments
When mama sang her song
Now I can’t recall the words at all
It don’t make sense to try
‘Cause I just knew lots of love came through
In that rock and roll lullaby

And she’d sing sha na na na na na na na na
It’ll be all right
Sha na na na na na na na na na
Just hold on tight
I can hear you mama, mama mama mama
Nothing moves my soul
Like the sound of a good old rock and roll lullaby

It’ll be alright
Just hold on tight
Mama, mama, mama
Nothing moves my soul
Like the sound of a good old rock and roll lullaby
It’ll be alright
Just hold on tight
Sing it sweet and clear

“Just hold on tight,” is advice that I often give to my grand daughter.  Advice which I continue to follow myself.