I picked my oldest up this afternoon from practice, and she mentioned that a teammate had said she “sounds like a whale”, and that she needs to get in touch with her “whaleness”. I had literally just written the last post. Now, I have never accused anyone of sounding like a whale, or heard someone accused of sounding like a whale. That that would happen just then is remarkable.
As I ponder it, I connect with her on the whale level, and with my youngest on the dog level, which is my third “totem”. Perhaps she is radiating some of the energy I am feeling. Hard to say.
I do want to be clear what I am saying, though: I am calling the election for Romney, and the Republicans generally, even though they may not retake the Senate. The fight has moved into a different phase, one which will require extreme diligence and continued exertion, but a different kind of exertion, that of patient education. The extreme danger has passed, I feel, although of course I have been wrong before. That is my gut instinct, though, and the one I am going with.