Speaking of Democracy. I got my mail-in ballot. A special election for an open seat in the New York State Assembly. Our Assembly goes back to before there was a United States. Opening for business in 1683. When it joined the Union, it abolished Slavery in 1799. Many States didn't...I'm looking at you Mississippi. 

Our Vote is sacred.  Folks died for it and I don't mean 200 years ago. Try 1964. I was a kid, but I remember whole groups in this republic were at gunpoint denied the vote. 

So yeah, I take it seriously. I filled out the Ballot took it to the post office...done. It was a very warm winter day so went for a long walk. A few miles round trip. To the Brooklyn Museum of Art and back. Folks were out in shorts and t-shirts. Trees budding kids laughing. It was a good day.