Showing posts with label Midterm Election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Midterm Election. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Nature Communing Wichita Bluff Nature Area Contemplating Yesterday's Midterm Election


Last night I stayed up til after midnight, for the first time in a long time, enjoying watching the anticipated Blue Wave turn into a Blue Tsunami.

Even though I was up late, I was up early this morning of the day after the Blue Tsunami, vertical before six this morning.

It was to the Wichita Bluff Nature Area I ventured this morning for my daily nature communing and endorphin acquisition.

Last night, after it was starting to become clear what we were seeing, as in a historically significant election changing America's course, I started getting text messages on my phone from some in my old Washington state home zone.

Friend from first grade til now, Linda Lou: "Wowza."

Classmate/Friend in grade school, high school and college, Clyde H.: "Great Day Durango! Trump finally repudiated for the ass that he is."

Nephew Jason: "This is great!. Thank you, Texas."

Sister Michele: "Yay Texas!!!!!"

This election the location I lived in before moving to Wichita Falls, Fort Worth, and Tarrant County, turned blue, despite Republican efforts to stop that from happening by closing dozens of polling places.

It is just a little nerve-racking wondering what is going to happen next. One tries to be optimisitic...