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Dark n Stormy Knight

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56. I think coincidence explains most of what we
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 06:45 PM
Nov 5

take as signs. However, I do find myself worrying about the bad ones. So, I try to give.myself permission to be cautiously optimistic about the good ones.

Yesterday, I finally got it together to deposit my ballot I"d filled out over a week ago. As I walked out to my car to drive the ten minutes to the closest dropbox, a car was stopped near my driveway and someone had got out & was walking toward me.

Hardly anyone ever comes down into the woods at the end of our road. Unlike me, you may have guessed that the car was carrying canvassers.

When I figured that out I said, "OMG, I am just coming out to drive up town to deposit my ballot for Kamala!" In hindsight, not the most amazing coincidence in the world, but it felt positive!

There were three or four of them doing our small street. At least one of them down from NYC. I said I was a little depressed that the only sign on our street was for the other guy, and that we didn't really know our neighbors, but suspect they're all Trumpers.

She said that actually, from where we were standing, we could see the houses of a few of my neighbors who were for Kamala! I was very happy to hear that!

I thanked them profusely & invited them to come knock on my door if they needed a bathroom break or coffee. They didn't come by--probably too busy knocking on the doors they hadn't got to yet!

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😍👍💙💙💙💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Nov 5 #1
I jumped on my motorcycle this morning and got all 14 green lights on my way to work. FSogol Nov 5 #2
That is fantastic BlueKota Nov 5 #5
HA! That happened to me only once on my commute to college. usonian Nov 5 #32
There's your sign. dchill Nov 5 #41
That's it, we're winning. joshcryer Nov 5 #48
I'm actually trying to stay away from election neews, but I have seen 3 Axios alerts - soldierant Nov 5 #60
I'm going to play golf today gab13by13 Nov 5 #3
Have fun! BlueKota Nov 5 #6
I am too⛳️🏌🏾‍♂️ spanone Nov 5 #8
You have my sympathies. I loved golf, but it did not love me back surfered Nov 5 #13
Trevino: I'm not saying my golf game went bad, but if I grew tomatoes, they'd come up sliced. Onthefly Nov 5 #19
Trevino, Legend. cayugafalls Nov 5 #20
In my 30's a friend of mine was heckling me how I had never fired a gun before. He dared me. He set up the target LiberalArkie Nov 5 #28
Great story! Onthefly Nov 5 #40
I sucked at golf BlueKota Nov 5 #33
BillClinton said "there's nothing wrong with America that can't be fixed by what's right with America" hope he was right Walleye Nov 5 #4
Hoping he is right too! BlueKota Nov 5 #7
Got that one on pintrest...love it. Bluethroughu Nov 5 #9
Plus have always loved Snoopy BlueKota Nov 5 #34
Me too. Bluethroughu Nov 5 #58
One of my favorite lines from Apollo 13: Tommy Carcetti Nov 5 #10
Yep uponit7771 Nov 5 #11
BlueKota.............. Upthevibe Nov 5 #12
Funny You Should Post This. ruet Nov 5 #14
I had a similar experience. geardaddy Nov 5 #22
That's amazing BlueKota Nov 5 #35
this is it for me NJCher Nov 5 #47
I saw a bald eagle today as well! Loryn Nov 5 #54
My surprise* tomatoes survived the freeze last night! niyad Nov 5 #15
Wow. I have a geranium still blossoming BlueKota Nov 5 #36
So are my roses. niyad Nov 5 #39
So are our camellias! BIG bush by the front door, and still full of pink-and-white blossoms. calimary Nov 5 #45
Yup. Joinfortmill Nov 5 #16
Oh, I like that! liberalla Nov 5 #17
I am dressed in blue from head to toe BlueKota Nov 5 #37
I'm the luckiest person in the world..... multigraincracker Nov 5 #18
Exactly bdamomma Nov 5 #21
ABsolutely! In my spiritual teaching, we call it "golden tongued wisdom." When somethinng jumps out and Amaryllis Nov 5 #23
It was definitely what I nerded BlueKota Nov 5 #38
It's right in line with Nelson Mandela's Choose Optimism over Despair. Lawrence O'Donnell spoke about it last iluvtennis Nov 5 #24
I'll take it in any case! relayerbob Nov 5 #25
I'm leaning in with optimism today... Half-step Nov 5 #26
Love it thinkingagain Nov 5 #27
Perfect! Thx for sharing PortTack Nov 5 #29
yes. the "what's right attractor" versus the "what's wrong attractor - which is all Donal Trump knows. somaticexperiencing Nov 5 #30
Well, to answer your question,.. NoRethugFriends Nov 5 #31
Charles Schultz is up in the cosmos somewhere Martin Eden Nov 5 #42
While sipping my coffee this morning I saw a 4 point Buck White tail in my patch of backyard woods ... Tommymac Nov 5 #43
Electrons at a spooky distance are real things Tweedy Nov 5 #44
Sweet... neohippie Nov 5 #46
Google Kamala Harris Predicted to Win By Nearly Every Major Forecaster. Emile Nov 5 #49
I had about a dozen blue jays in my yard yesterday Danmel Nov 5 #50
Thank you Brilliantcat Nov 5 #51
Wishing you well tomorrow! BlueKota Nov 5 #57
We had massive thunder such as I haven't heard since Senator Daniel *Kahikina* Akaka addressed the Hawaii Legislature. mahina Nov 5 #52
I was in and out of my polling place within 5 min. Staff said it had been steady all morning but had little or no Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Nov 5 #53
Double rainbow in Baraboo, WI PoliWrangler Nov 5 #55
I think coincidence explains most of what we Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 5 #56
I don't pray Faux pas Nov 5 #59
Thank You - I believe in messages from the Universe and everything is going to go right dai13sy Nov 5 #61
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