This has been a time of trying to figure out:how much time do we spend maintaining the plans and systems wehave created for ourselves,tying up the loose ends of the plans we’ve completedor abandoned,and imagining and making plans for what we want and needin days to come?…All have promise.All have residue.All have costs.All have benefits.

Will 45 be getting the consequence of coal in his stocking?Will his candles be blown out?If so, it’s about time…And what are the consequences for us–as a country, as human beings–if we fail to hold him accountablefor the consequences of what he wrought?

Timothy Snyder has already left for Canada.Follow the great thinkers.Read them, take their words in deeply, and see where they goand when.Is it really all about money and acquisition?Not my life, my work, my days, my priorities.