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Nov 7Liked by Dan Keane

… the America we knew is gone. Truth.

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Nov 7Liked by Dan Keane

Yes, I do love the rhythm of the piece.

I fear the Republican new world will be neither brave nor kind.

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Nov 14Liked by Dan Keane

New here, love your writing. The end gave me chills.

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Welcome, Hannah! Glad to have you here!

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Nov 12Liked by Dan Keane

I just followed you on bluesky (snickster). Our family spent a lot of time in NZ in 2020-2024 (thru now). Was in Auckand, now in Wellington.

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Followed back! Nice to see you here! These have been stange years anywhere, maybe a bit less so down here...

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Nov 8Liked by Dan Keane

as you know, big brother, i am NOT A RUNNER. but still - we're gonna keep running our intervals over here. exhilaration and exhaustion, starts and stops, slow then fast then slow, coming home and looping back out again...

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Amen, sis. Thanks for this. You're a runner in all but the running part. Loops ahead, for sure. I'll follow you. Funny how even just a few days later the spooked-out halo has settled. I took the kids to school. I went to the gym. The wheel turns. Abrazos!!!

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Love your avoidance tactic, So very beautifully written - thank you.

I turned off the technology and maintained radio silence until 11:30 am the next day when a friend sent a single word text 'Commiserations'

Inevitable I guess. Running a smart woman of (any) colour against a misogynist, old ,rich (so many more adjectives possible) white man was never going to be a winner - and so sadly it's still the America I knew.

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Thanks, Susan! Still avoiding the news here myself. RNZ all the way...

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Nov 8Liked by Dan Keane

This is the best election response I have read. We were at the beach at Makara, also: moving, being.

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Nov 7Liked by Dan Keane

Dan, I also love the pace of your writing; great visuals always pop into my mind when I read your work. I just walked the lake with your Mom; good medicine for these frightening times.

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Hi Cathy! Thanks so much! Wish I could've been there by the lake with you guys. Water helps, I think. Water just does its thing. Onward we go. Big hugs from NZ!!

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In 1989 I ran the Portland Marathon, completing it in 3 hrs, 54 minutes. I was 3 years out of undergrad, in the best shape of my life with pretty much zero responsibilities aside from a job which, though I happy to have, did not really challenge or inspire me. Haven't really been a runner in the years since but haven't ruled out running entirely. I walk a lot now, and at the gym do enjoy a brisk uphill on treadmill. Best habits I have adopted recently include drinking less alcohol; going to bed early; intermittent fasting 17-20 hours most days and the aforementioned visits to the gym.

Agreed exercise comes with many benefits, not least dealing with anxiety and the pain living brings. Still, Wednesday night I reached for the brown bottle because I did not want to process what was happening. Today I remain in shock but moving toward grim acceptance and am resolute in my stance to never, ever concede an inch to those who have highjacked democracy.

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Running is whiskey for the soul! Kind of? Whiskey...is also whiskey for the soul.

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I always love the rhythm of your writing. It helps, in this case, that I am a runner…

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So you know! I'm only just getting back into it again. God it's hard...but good for the head...

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