Those of you who’ve been regular readers of my blog posts over the past several months are aware of my political leanings, so it should come as no surprise that I am deeply disappointed, disheartened and angry at the outcome of our elections this past week. I am sickened that a small but meaningful majority of Americans voted to re-elect a cruel, corrupt, divisive and reprehensible narcissistic sociopath and serial liar to lead our country for a second time, and as a consequence, am not feeling very positive about my country or my fellow Americans right now. I do not wish to argue or debate about this here and will not entertain nor engage with any pushback or defense of any kind for Trump and his agenda.

Since the election, I’ve gone back and forth about whether I can or want to continue blogging about music, and have concluded that because my despair and disillusionment are so intense at this time, I cannot continue writing about music as if everything else is OK. While I believe that music can be a healing force, it’s unfortunately going to take more than that for me to heal.

I may decide to resume writing for my blog again at some future time but can’t predict if or when that will happen. In the meantime, I might read and/or engage with some of my fellow bloggers’ posts now and then if I feel up to it.