Life Goes On

A week ago I woke up enthused to go vote and hopeful that, at the end of the day, we would have a new President.   A week later I still wake up, but my focus is now on work, my wife, my kids, my personal interests.   I like the idea of not worrying about politics for awhile, although I recall the old saw that, "You may not be interested in politics, but politics is interested in you."   Have we reached a tipping point where the centrality of government in American life means that you simply can't avoid it?   Probably.   But I sometimes feel the urge to try.   If I were a hardier sort, I might retreat with some guns and canned goods into the mountains of Idaho.   But instead I'll likely retreat into books and family and everyday life. 

A wistful post for wistful times.