I rarely visited this site even before 2001. But now?
I’m so chuffed by this, so relieved that perhaps after all we are going to grab our Constitution before it falls irretrievably over the edge into oblivion, and feeling so unexpectedly engaged with policy issues – that www.whitehouse.gov could be my new home page.
Oh. No. Did I just write that I am “engaged with policy issues”? Please. I’m too old to turn into a policy wonk. I find policy wonks dreadfully tiring to talk with – well, in fact one pretty much listens to them, the talking goes pretty much one way.
I have a lot of housework to do today. I can sort this out in my so-called mind while rustling clutter, busting dust and scrubbing a couple of bathrooms’ worth of crud into oblivion. Not to mention moving three big bookcases – after emptying them.
Oh, Lord… And, when I was wonking on policy a thousand years ago, with you across the table, I thought you were totally engaged, enraptured by it all. Now the truth emerges. Ah, part of me is devastated by this revelation. The other part of me…smiles.
Uh oh. I’m busted.
But this post is really about national policy stuff, vs. the stuff we used to work on, the up close and personal organizational things.
Baahaha! Suz, I don’t blame you. In the last few years, I’ve found it harder and harder to even listen to NPR. I’ve just been so furious and feeling left out that I couldn’t bring myself to be angry, so I decided to engage the world by being the change I wished to see (to the best of my humble ability). However, I’m with you in that I feel like getting more involved and listening again, learning again, reading again, thinking again.
And I’m so glad it’s not just me who uses housecleaning as a method for working through issues and problem-solving. When it’s all over, the house is cleaner and I’ve sufficiently distracted myself enough to have an “aha!” moment or two.
Hope you come back soon, Suz. You are missed!