Local news rant...

Well, then. Ten below zero again. And at 2 a.m., the town crew had heavy equipment out scraping the roads, reducing the snowbanks. A very loud, growling scrape, followed by insistent beep-beep-beep, over and over again. Lucky for us, only about 20 minutes of it. I did get back to sleep. Thank goodness. 

And thank goodness it's Friday. Work, then home to get laundry going, then getting Holly, and so on. I think it's a good night for take-out dinner. 

The news cycle is a morass of evil-intentioned statements. The once-venerable Washington Post is now fit to line cat litter boxes. One of our residents in town advocated for a significant cut in the proposed town budget because they see a "slow eviction of those who built Littleton." Sounds like whining about a loss of perceived privilege to me. The motion failed. 

I'm all for fiscal conservativism, but that's not something we are seeing at the federal level, not by a long shot. And the local budget has no "extra" in it; there are now new fees for services that were always low or zero. We are all feeling the pinch. But I'd rather think we are all in this together, and we can only survive the national mess together, but yeah... privilege is something that rears its ugly head no matter where you are. I remember when Meg was little there was a girl in her class who bullied her because we lived in an apartment instead of a house. Disgusting. It's that attitude that makes people feel unwelcome, and it's unacceptable. And while we are at it, the proposer of that budget cut is a standard-bearer for one particular kind of "Christian," too. Sorry, but all are welcome here. The statement made it clear that the amendment was not about the budget, not really. 

Anyhow, it's Friday. I'm sleepy. But I have coffee, and I'll get going...

Have a good day, friends. Hold those you love close. 

C



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