recrudescence...

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” - J.R.R. Tolkien

The deliciously descriptive word of the day, and the most appropriate quote... apart from them I don't have any startlingly insightful comments to make, otherwise. I wasn't surprised, only very, very disappointed.

I would not wish to be a girl or young woman, or the parent of one, waking up in America today. I would not wish to be gay, or trans, or different. Gods, I would be troubled even if it were only my being pagan. 

I fear for Ukraine, for Palestine, for NATO even... and of course for the climate... because apparently it's all a hoax.

On such a grey day, the dice were rolled and the wager was lost. The future lies in the mists, as, today, do the Cotswolds...