This one is for my friends who are struggling with the questions, "How can people believe these things?" and "How did we get here?" after the events at the US Capitol Building and sundry other places on 6 January, 2021. This one is about dealing with the people we know who even now cling to lies in support of violent insurrectionists.

No, really. That's what this post is about. Oranges. That's all it's about. Me, and oranges, and random orange trivia.

It's a serious question, involving calendars and social media rationing.

Elections, anxieties, analogies, and historical analogues: a few sundries.

Feeling raw, so I'm writing posts instead of ripping my WIP to shreds.

The first through sixth things on my mind of late.

the week's words about pantry stocking, seasonal stresses, pandemic thoughts, and so on.

little bright spots at the personal level

Today's stray oddity: I lack a tagging system for associating information with people. This is uncool.