finally!

We happened to be watching the news when they finally called it. First thing I did was put out the flag that has been put away since the day Trump was appointed 4 years ago. There is cheering and dancing in the streets all over the nation. Let us enjoy this day, rejoice that we were able to overcome the Republican voter suppression and Trump's attack on the USPS, celebrate our new lightness of being.

But then we have to get back to work because it's not over til Georgia has their run offs for the Senate. It's within our grasp but we cannot get complacent. As much work and determination as we put in to get Biden elected we must also do to get Georgia Democrats elected to the Senate because the Republicans, fearing a Democrat takeover of the Senate, will be pulling out all the stops.

It remains to be seen how Trump will react. Well, we know what his immediate reaction is...stolen election, he won, fraudulent votes, frivolous lawsuits, pinning his hopes on the Supreme Court, tantrums, you know, the usual. But past the immediate response, what will he try to do before January 20^th? He already quietly fired the leaders of three agencies that oversee the nuclear weapons stockpile, electricity and natural gas regulation, and overseas aid while the country was focused on the election. We have survived Trump for the past four years so I guess we can handle two more months.

So enough of politics. I mentioned that I finally put the studio room together and it's ready to use

and you aren't going to believe this but that fucking sink has a leak underneath in the drain pipe from the far right sink to the middle sink, not gushing but a steady drip and yes we did test all the sinks and let the water run long enough for any leak to show itself. Fortunately, I need only not use that section until Rocky can get back over here to fix it.

The other thing I've been doing when I can tear myself away from twitter is building a Square site for selling. I've been wanting to put a shopping cart on my existing website but I don't have the skill or knowledge and can't really afford to have someone build it for me. There are other platforms like Wix where you can build a free website with a shopping cart but I already have a website, have had for decades. Years ago we got a Square account so we could accept credit cards during our annual open house and so now Square has offered this free service. I won't able to link from Square to my website unless I upgrade to a paid version but I can link to the Square site from my website. So that's what I'm doing. I can't include the work at the gallery like on my website but that's OK too. It will give me more incentive to make new work. It took me two days to figure out how to navigate and create the pages and upload the proper images but I think I've got it down now, at least the part I'm working on. Haven't dealt with the details of the shopping cart and check-out yet.

So, happy day! It's been fun seeing and reading about all the spontaneous celebrations.