It’s been nearly impossible to write anything here. I say nearly but of course I mean impossible. The last few months — and more so the last few weeks — have left me baffled and stunned, despairing and frightened. My usual complaints against social media and the like seem to be both confirmed and irrelevant. Even my repeated use of both and or or or else don’t present sufficient range to join the commentary. I am not articulate in my anger, not eloquent or concise in my fear. And there are plenty of people out there who are suited to addressing these matters with passion and authority and they are a source of fleeting comfort and inspiration. I can’t keep pace with up-to-the-minute news in its form or content or temperament. I’m getting most of my news from print editions of the publications I read (The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, The New York Review of Books) and prefer the pace. I definitely don’t have a point here except that I feel I should crack the seal and post something, let anyone wondering know that I’m very much still out here, wishing you peace and progress.