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Kathryn Ellis's avatar

I wonder why 'stars' like Taylor Swift think they need to put their endorsements in. By endorsing Kamala she probably lost 1/2 of her audience. As as viewer of the Debate, I waited for something important to be revealed...and got crickets. I can't see where any independent could've been swayed by the lackluster 'performance' by either candidate. If you turned the volume off and watched Kamala, you would think she can't talk without her hands waving around. It's bizarre. Curiously, I'll bet the polls were not impacted at all. We'll see.

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David G. Tatman's avatar

337,000,000+ Americans, and this is the pair we must choose from to represent us on the world stage and guide the nation? Sad day, citizens, sad day. However...

Here's one solution: Deliberately spend some time getting to know your neighbors.

Seriously. They've stolen our neighbors from us with their "shelter in home" COVID nonsense. So,...

Make a concerted effort to spend time being neighborly. Chatting. It doesn't need to be about politics, or religion, or any other "hot button" topic. Just get to know one another better. What are their interests? What ethnic food do they like best? How is their garden coming along? Who in town does the best bicycle repairs? Which local thrift store has the best selections? How do you deal with powdery mildew on your squashes around here? And there is always the weather to discuss. (When is the first frost, usually? What do you do to protect your tender plants?)

Times are coming, and may soon be here, when neighborly cooperation may be our collective salvation.

But that sort of collective cooperation is a lot harder under stress when times are tough, and you don't know the names of your neighbors, or have their cell phone numbers in your phone.

So, do it now, this fall, soon, while the air is clear and the sun is still shining, before the stormy winter of our discontent hits home with a vengeance.

Whoever winds up captaining the ship of state, we're in for some bad weather.

The storms and stress *are* coming. But together, as neighbors, we can weather any storm.

Hope starts over a cup of tea or coffee, often enough.

Be a good neighbor.

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