Climate Change

The Heat is on

“Raison d'état French noun phrase rai·​son d'état re-zōⁿ-dā-tä : reason of state : justification for a nation's foreign policy on the basis that the nation's own interests are primary”

Electionyearing requires respite. This week, the climate changed. I am exhausted. I have way too little to show for this. Yes, I have excuses. I have reasons.

First, a shout out to my fellow creatives. I hope all of you are doing great selfcare. I find myself sitting too long in this chair. A fellow mentioned a timer set to schedule meditation. I need one to remind me to stand up every so often. I need one to tell me to drink water and eat something.

This screenplay has no deadline. The giant turtle is rising. The old man is in the galley. They are not moving until someone on this page moves them.

I wish five months would be the end of all this electionyearing chaos, but I doubt it.

I see a giant turtle rising, yes. I see an old man in the galley. But I do not see November as ending this threat to democracy. Just the thought of that turtle and the man with the noodles in the galley comforts me.