2025 Life Logs, Day 308: A Hopeful Night for Democracy
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Weather: W-i-n-d-y; High Temp 55, Low 41 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Democrats won the big races on the East Coast tonight—Governor of Virginia, Governor of New Jersey, and Mayor of New York City. Two young women, the first ever female governors in their states, and a young man born in Uganda, with a father from Uganda, and a mother born in India. Spanberger, are the face of the America I know and love, and obviously a lot of other people love that same ‘face’. Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill, Zohran Mamdani are that face. They are all champions of the working American and are not afraid to stand strong against authoritarianism and fascism. They are all Democrats, but that is not what they are ‘for’. And I think that is the very important thing about them. They are for something and not against an opponent of the opposite party. They are all against No Kings! in America ever—regardless of who that person might be. New York City had a huge turnout of young voters. And on the West Coast, it appears the same day voter turnout is way bigger than expected and at this time, it looks like Prop 50 will pass. I’ll be in bed before that is decided. And it goes on. All of the down ballot races seem to be going to the Democrats as well. Of course there is fear of the backlash from the current administration, but people do not seem to be letting that fear scare them away. What the voters did tonight is a breath of fresh air. The voters today are showing that Americans know that democracy is not a spectator fight. Democracy demands our participation and today, Americans participated big time.
That’s the good news. The bad news is that I just got a call telling me my sister, who lives in an assisted living facility in North Carolina, is being taken to the hospital as I write this. When the aides came to get her ready for bed tonight, she could not stand up. Her blood sugar was sky high, as was her blood pressure. So, they had to send her to the emergency room. I called my nephew that lives near my sister, and luckily, he was home and another nephew from West Virginia is there visiting. So, the two of them are headed to the hospital to be there when she arrives.
The other news today is that Ardenna is still in the water. She was supposed to be taken out of the water this morning and hauled to her winter home here in Falmouth. But when Heather and Jed got to Mattapoisett this morning, there were white caps in the mooring field and water was spraying over the top of the boat. The hauling company wanted to go ahead, but Heather and Jed called it off. They might have been able to get the boat out of the water, but they were worried about lifting the mast in the wind. They were having gusts to 40. I think they made the right call. They will try again next Wednesday when it will not be quite so windy.
