I was so pleased to find your reply and read your kind observations.  Sorry it took me so long to respond.  I am seriously distressed by our political climate, and voices like yours give me hope and comfort.  Earlier I was thinking about how we come here and find such a diversion of "opinion" and respond each in our own way.  I can imagine that I am not alone as I read some of the horrid gratuitous bashing and wonder about the one who deposits such toxic waste for the rest of us to trip over like something the dog left in the yard.  I noted recently that one of the worst offenders wanted us to know that she was having to move from room to room to stay out of the maid’s way.  (Poor dear.  Probably meant a reduction in the 50 or 60 hateful criticisms she has time to post each and every day.)  I have tried to imagine what possesses someone to devote the entire day (sometime from before 6:00 a.m. until after 9:00 at night.) six or seven days per week, to publishing such vile counter-productive negativity.  I recognize that anonymity emboldens some, but I must say I felt much better about my fellow citizens before I got a good look at what some of them are carrying around in their (sad shriveled) hearts.  Ugh.  At least we can speed-scroll, they actually LIVE in that dark place.

The other side of this is the beautiful poetic insightful commentary sandwiched in between the word-piles of (excrement.)  There are women (and a few enlightened men) here who renew my faith in humanity, and make me feel privileged to have the benefit of learning from you.  That is what keeps me coming back.

Thanks, and +~~ to you.

p.s. I’m sure you have noticed that several of the acid voices who were banished have sneaked back in with new names?  (the astrological oxymoron, and the equine posterior, and the flying madwoman, to mention a few.)  I am amused that even as they use the cover of anonymity, their true character surfaces like a wine stain.  Poor Wow…. some days it must feel like a game of whack-a-mole.  :~}