Thank you for this. Reading it over and over again was soothing. Thank you

After Tuesday this Cohen song was fresh on my mind and I couldn’t bring myself to listen to it

Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin
Dance me through the panic ‘til I’m gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love
Dance me to the end of love

this song popped into my head out of nowhere 48 hours ago. Wouldn’t have guessed it was headed here.

And a great version by Concrete Blonde:

I heard this song on the radio this afternoon. This song isn’t on the radio all that often. It made me happy(ish).

I was just listening to and really feeling this song today, we lost a great artist.

Came for this, was not disappointed. And I forgot how on point is it in these days. Thanks for this.

So fucking relevant.

I am just broken. I am hollowed out. This week. This year. Bowie. Prince. Now Leonard Cohen.

That’s beautiful. Would you mind if I used and quoted you ( of course); you expressed everything I’m feeling so well.

I opened a fortune cookie (wallowing in Chinese and ice cream treats) and the slip of paper said, “Faithless is he who quits when the road darkens.”

I hope you feel better and find causes to rally behind and give you strength. I think that is the only way I can sort my feelings about this. I feel so betrayed by many people I know, and I feel as a white woman I haven’t done enough. Hate won.

Spent most of this morning alternating between numb shock and crying so hard I started dry heaving. Many in my office were openly weeping as well. I feel like the country I love so much has rejected me and everything I stand for. Contemplated moving away. Threw myself into my work, and avoided all news media the same…

This is not the outcome I wanted, but it is the outcome we have reached. That is how democracy works.

A lot of white women, college educated whites and white Millennials were trying to save face by hiding that they supported Trump. White people were behind him the entire time.

Love your name, btw.

I won’t be able to go in to the office tomorrow if this horrible man wins. I know this country is built on white supremacy and female oppression, but now they openly, gleefully admit it. I’m scared shitless, and I live in a solidly blue state.

I am going to be SO PISSED if Bill Mitchell has been right all along.