Yep, and apparently we’ve been elected as the safe house where they’re all gonna live if needed. Somehow we’re considered cool by Gen Z but not by most fellow Gen Xers. 🤷‍♀️

... If you’re curious about how the far right captured the white working class, check out Jefferson Cowrie’s “Stayin’ Alive.” Anyway, I was taken by how the late afternoon light hit the pomegranate seeds as I was deseeding and musing about history. Hence the pomegranate still life.

... and I was then already the weird kid who sensed things had gone off the rails…there’s a prescience in them that I feel in my bones. Couple that with being an historian and it’s a gut punch. The rise of the capitalist oligarchy, threats of world war and annihilation, working class anger...

Truth, but it is so good! I read it as part of my required readings for my history PhD studies and is one of my favorites. Still moving toward candidacy status at age 50 while working full time and, of course, the sky now feels like it’s falling. Awesome timing, past me…😬