solace

Election mourners won’t find much solace in their newsfeeds, but there is something else to keep us afloat for now: the font of absurdist humor produced by a Trump presidency.

In the quest for fragments of solace, it’s also perhaps understandable that when tales of bravery are found, they are celebrated unashamedly.

But I take some solace and optimism in the initial pushback from state and local officials who are preparing their resistance.

The shifts in my internal landscape, mirrored in the cyclical qualities of the natural world, bring solace.

It might be hard this week to take much solace in these lessons if you’re dismayed at the prospect of President Trump and Republicans in Washington turning back the clock on climate change regulations, LGBTQ+ protections and other measures that most Californians embrace.