OK, before anyone tries to poop on this diary...I DO REALIZE that not all the news this week has been good. The VRA was gutted; I get that.
But as progressives/Dems/whatever, we need to try to sometimes - JUST SOMETIMES - stop and celebrate when things are not as bad as usual.
Among the good newses just in the past 24+ hours-
* Today's dual win for marriage equality.
* After over 32 years without them, the White House will be getting solar panels
* Wendy Davis saved Texas from draconian new anti-choice laws.
* After 32 years without them, the White House will be getting its solar panels back.
* Progressive Ed Markey won a Senate seat.
* A sitting President gave a speech addressing climate change (49 minutes worth!) for the 1st time and he seemed to reject the Keystone XL pipeline in the process.
I could go on, but you get the point.
(Add stuff I neglected in the comments)
Anyhoo, I am merely glad to have the time to sit back and appreciate the fact that good days do sometimes happen, and we should try to enjoy them when they do.
As a result of my Flickr page having 10 times as many photos available to access as it did before I left the country in December, I am going to post some of the archives therein.
Tulips, Mt. Vernon, Washington
All photos by LaughingPlanet except where watermarked or stated otherwise.
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