tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post2158387348746765379..comments2024-01-22T14:15:23.975-08:00Comments on The DayMaker: AftermathAnnis Cassellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-36240803924667284452017-01-06T19:37:02.702-08:002017-01-06T19:37:02.702-08:00Thanks for your comments and for the information a...Thanks for your comments and for the information about the explanation you got from Rush Limbaugh. I would not have thought of him as a source. Great that you were able to gain peace of mind by understanding the process. xoAAnnis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-55871491100506070322017-01-06T11:50:51.471-08:002017-01-06T11:50:51.471-08:00I've felt so totally at sea about different el...I've felt so totally at sea about different elections here and there. I wanted to understand the process and the parties. Strange to say, the answer to my problem was Rush Limbaugh. He explains the process, educates us about what is happening. I don't agree with all he says, but he was the answer to my prayer for knowledge and understanding of the electoral process in our country. My prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00701390524119839644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-57618651855359764912016-11-28T14:16:34.384-08:002016-11-28T14:16:34.384-08:00Hello, Kathleen ~ I can just imagine some of those...Hello, Kathleen ~ I can just imagine some of those conversations you had with the folks you met in England! And I totally agree: we keep talking with people and showing up to do our part. Thanks for taking the time to comment. xoAAnnis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-14644572683971363512016-11-28T14:07:19.122-08:002016-11-28T14:07:19.122-08:00Hi Annis,
Yes, it's been a tough couple of we...Hi Annis,<br /><br />Yes, it's been a tough couple of weeks. I left the country a couple of days after the election, still in shock over who our next president shall be and the potential he has to shape our country with his appointments. Everyone I talked to in England, where I traveled for a book launch, asked about our elections and I felt this huge embarrassment to be an American. Even Kathleen Cassen Mickelsonhttp://www.oneminnesotawriter.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-80487719938896607652016-11-26T07:12:59.817-08:002016-11-26T07:12:59.817-08:00Sylvia thanks so much for reading and for sharing ...Sylvia thanks so much for reading and for sharing your thoughts and feelings. I have friends who openly supported "the electee" and some who stayed silent and supported him. These are people whom I've known for years and years. So, it's been difficult to wrap my brain around what feels to me a difference in values, values that I had thought we shared. <br /><br />Like you, I Annis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-54251078383526392552016-11-23T08:56:06.342-08:002016-11-23T08:56:06.342-08:00I've had trouble re-connecting with people who...I've had trouble re-connecting with people whom I considered friends who openly supported "He who shall not be named" (Lord Voldemort - Harry Potter fans?). Still am. I would like to have conversations with them to better understand their thinking and feelings in a civil way, yet am not yet ready to do so. My own "How could you when you know my 31-year life partner and me?"Sylvia...Ideaillionaire!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16672395790470120322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-57503459916615632772016-11-22T15:20:14.241-08:002016-11-22T15:20:14.241-08:00You are welcome, dear Dennis. It does help to see ...You are welcome, dear Dennis. It does help to see others' journey, sometimes paralleling our own and sometimes showing us a different way. Thanks so much for your comments. xoAAnnis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-72012794679311792522016-11-22T15:18:56.527-08:002016-11-22T15:18:56.527-08:00Lurlyn, thanks for writing, my dear. Yes, you are ...Lurlyn, thanks for writing, my dear. Yes, you are not alone in your feelings of heavy-heartedness and concern over many of our freedoms. I'm glad if my sharing let you know this. Take care. xoA<br />Annis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-47451048284932881662016-11-22T15:17:09.171-08:002016-11-22T15:17:09.171-08:00Dear Michelle ~ I'm glad if sharing my journey...Dear Michelle ~ I'm glad if sharing my journey helped you know you're not alone. Yes, we do need to be vigilant and participate. Thank you, honey, for your comments. xoAAnnis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-16712820311004496392016-11-22T15:15:32.888-08:002016-11-22T15:15:32.888-08:00Sandra, thank you for your thoughtful and caring r...Sandra, thank you for your thoughtful and caring response. For me, the devastation is wrapped in the knowledge that the country elected a person for the highest office in the land in spite of his apparent morals, racism, treatment of women, narcissism, and inexperience. The surprise that he appealed to so many people, some of whom I know personally. All of it is completely opposite of the world IAnnis Cassellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04956658096326753578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-7532719356313872432016-11-22T09:49:11.064-08:002016-11-22T09:49:11.064-08:00Each of us handles the grieving process in differe...Each of us handles the grieving process in different ways. It is encouraging to know how others feel and how they handle their grief. Thank you for sharing the initial steps of your journey to acceptance. XODDennishttp://derwerffblogg.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-14839141499789628032016-11-20T10:27:43.001-08:002016-11-20T10:27:43.001-08:00Annis, I also feel the despair and my heart is hea...Annis, I also feel the despair and my heart is heavy still. I was mostly floored that so many of my fellow Americans, some are friends, would follow a person of such low and base ideas (can't call them ideals) I fear for the First Amendment and many other freedoms which are so important to me and to those dear to me, and other Americans! I am an optimistic happy person, but I'm not Lurlyn Cliffordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-70643142719517370292016-11-20T07:13:48.848-08:002016-11-20T07:13:48.848-08:0010 days - that seems like a lifetime for a person ...10 days - that seems like a lifetime for a person that is so very optimistic and always has the glass 1/2 full. I felt the same despair and still do, although a little less each day. By reading you your post, you have given me the words of 'stand and be counted'. Be counted in a positive way, not negatively. We certainly need to be vigilant and participate. Thank you for your words of mchelle claxtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2255018715652778469.post-1564990372855092702016-11-19T22:12:43.934-08:002016-11-19T22:12:43.934-08:00I am truly sorry you (and others) have experienced...I am truly sorry you (and others) have experienced so much despair and anguish over recent events. Do you have any idea why these feelings were so intense and so widespread, why there has been such an unprecedented, extreme reaction to these events?<br /><br />I'm glad you're beginning to peek over the edge of the abyss you've fallen into and have begun to feel the sunshine again.<brSandra Enoreply@blogger.com