I spent part of the day today fiddling with my birdfeeder collection, trying to squirrelproof it and position the feeder where I can see it from where I drink my morning coffee. I spend a lot of time (too much time, really) thinking gloomy thoughts about the election. What kind of world will our kids have if we have four more years of Bush? Wars, deficits, pollution . . . I feel completely helpless and depressed. Of course, I have company all over the world. And we all feel powerless to stop it.
