In a fervor, I knew NOT what I was doing. I lashed and whipped at the red swatch of color down the center of my country, and I said some un-savory things. Well, perhaps they were unsavory, but a better word would be “unfair,” or “derogatory.” My first post was, in short, problematic.

To those grandmas and farmers, I apologize for my overgeneralizations. Perhaps, it is fair to overgeneralize in the face of overgeneralizations. You know, the sort of “eye-for-an-eye, tooth-for-a-tooth” kinda thinking that spurned the Beowulf poet to bemoan the loss of generations of people.

Perhaps, I was tired of getting poked in the eye as “spending too much time worrying about things.” Well, SOMEONE has to keep their brain engaged about daily life. And, I am sorry, but connecting the dots has been easy for me. It is just in my nature.

Well, whatever the reason, I am sorry. I should not have overgeneralized and been hasty about my thoughts and words. Instead, I am going to try listening for awhile. It makes for a terrible blog–a blog about listening almost seems narcisistic. So, I will track what I hear on the blog. But, I am going to try listening to the conservatives for awhile. There are too many Liberals struggling with post-election blues. We had the leader, and heard the promises, and finally mobilized. We heard “We’re gonna win,” and “We cannot fail,” from our leader, and from the inner circle of my political world, and in a couple hours, we heard a different ending.

I concede.

It just feels kinda hollow after all that work.