NYC morning

Some work on Pegasus came together. Writing feels like heavy lifting right now, due to lack of momentum/traction. Working on it. Glad that the judge made a good decision on the immigration order.

This week was strange. I spent way too much time reading the news, I was well rested from my vacation, but I had a hard time getting my feet under me at work. I did hire a spring intern, which is great, but I'm stalled on most of my projects again. I'm heading back up to MA today and I'll have tomorrow to try to settle back in to life.

I've been wanting to write more poetry, and I've been reading the Art of War. The nice part is that the military era matches Tapestry - chariots, infantry, bronze, etc. So it's really great for war ideas, which I desperately need.  

Going to CT next weekend for an evening of music. 

Thinking about politics - it seems clear to me that we won't get rid of Trump without Republican cooperation. Most Democrats would be happy to impeach him already (to generalize wildly), but Republicans seem to want to give him some time, out of faith that he will improve with time. Given the wildness of his promises, I expect Republican disillusionment will follow in good time. I am hoping that his election will be a turning point for a new generation of political leaders to get involved on both sides of the aisle in the US - I am seeing a lot of political engagement from a lot of people. 

Politics

 I've been reading a lot of political articles lately, and as you may imagine, general themes emerge. One is that the party in power and the opposition have switched places, which means everyone has switched scripts. Obstruction is now standing up for our principles. The president who was elected is our president, and everyone who doesn't like it should stop whining. It's hypocrisy from one point of view, but I think it's beautiful. It's a grand dance. Trollope has some great things to say about that in his political novels about the Pallisers. 

I do seem to remember the Democrats and their columnists being this condescending about what the Republicans had to do to salvage their party - come to the center, work with the President, not go chasing absurd conspiracy theory rabbits - the Republicans seem to have managed to ignore all this advice and still come to power, so we'll see if any Democrats listen.