Living In The U.S.A.

Laguna Beach, CA

I’ve lived in the plains of South Dakota, the mountains of Utah, the beaches of Florida, the heat of Alabama, the huge spaces of Texas, and many more. Not because I’m a nomad but rather because those are the places the Air Force thought I should go. I enjoyed moving, well mostly, and I enjoyed every place I lived. Well mostly. I found that each place had something special, on both ends of the good-bad spectrum and that’s just the way life is.

I deleted the rest of the post I’d written; I just finished reading a story about a town in Michigan and I could write no more. We are so divided in America it’s heartbreaking. We don’t talk. We don’t compromise. We weaponize everything from churches to schools. We allow anyone that’s different to be bullied, attacked, and even killed. We ban books. We deny science. We squander resources. I used to think it was just a few, but now I read that more and more extremists are being elected into office. So although their politics and morals might be extremist they aren’t just a few crazies, they are an increasing majority in the country. Or seem to be. They don’t want to be governed but only to be the ones that govern. How will that end? I wonder if the country will crumble into the hands of local warlords. The rest of the world will probably shake their heads and say, “How could they not see that coming?”

Garden of the Gods, CO