Head Spin

Waxing Crescent Moon

What crazy times. While watching the news coverage a few days back, I made a list of the Presidents since I was born. Name - party - info.

• Truman - Dem - I was born in 1951 so I remember nothing of him
• Ike - Rep - two terms no scandals
• JFK - Dem - assassinated
• LBJ - Dem - forced out by the Viet Nam War 
• Nixon - Rep - resigned under threat of impeachment
• Ford - Rep - assassination attempt by Manson chick Squeaky Fromme
• Carter - Dem - forced out after one term by Iran hostage crisis
• Reagan - Rep - two terms, Iran Contra scandal, assassination attempt by weirdo John Hinckley, Jr
• Poppy Bush - Rep - one term, Iraq War I
• Clinton - Dem - two terms, impeached for sex in the Oval Office, not removed by Senate
• Bush II - Rep - installed by Supreme Court, two terms, 9-11, lied us into Iraq War II, Great Recession
• Obama - Dem - two terms, no scandals, reversed the Great Recession
• Trump - Rep? - total chaos, probable impeachment unless Dems really screw it up

That's thirteen Presidents so far in my lifetime and it's looking like three of the four impeachments (if you count Nixon) in American history in just the last forty- six years. Three assassination attempts, with one "success." Lots of subpoenas of underlings, lots of jail time, lots of dead bodies with little to show for any of it. This stuff is depressing!

To get away from all this depressing stuff, this morning I went for a hike on the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail a short distance from my camp. I needed to go see my trees, maybe sit on a bench, work up a sweat, talk to the rocks.

I only saw one other person, a guy on a mountain bike, working hard up the trail in granny gear, listening to some tunes - very friendly and gone pretty quick.

Soon I was gone, too, gone inside my safe zone, way apart from the insanity of overcrowded cities and their associated problems. Earth is real. We are here to take care of it. All the rest of the madness is self-defeating egomania. You don't have to be a genius think tanker to understand that. You just have to open your eyes and breathe. Trees will help you with that.

Even non-native grasses can show you the way.

I am committed to seeking happiness in communion with my planet. Info wars? None for me, thanks.

Peace, Love, and Mother Earth,

Jim