I’m starting this blog primarily to help those in America who feel scared, lost, disoriented—among many other things!—in the wake of the ground-shifting 2024 election, to find a place where we can hear, listen to, and share “campfire stories of resilience and resistance,” from the present time and long ago, to tide us over in difficult times, and to enable us to dream, plan, and find a way to move forward, in our individual, creative and communal lives.