Moth, celebrating

 

Of course, I took the requisite New Dawn picture this morning - while there were fairly grey skies, there was sun lighting up the snow on the Jemez mountains in the west, which seemed to augur well ... 

But then we - including Moth - spent much of the day glued to the inauguration, and the evening's concert - interspersed with bit of work, which were, shall we say, hampered.  It's hard to comprehend how much weight has been sitting on our shoulders for the last four years; what a difference it will make to wake up in the morning and not wonder what awful thing that man has done - or tweeted.  And to see ordinary, decent people celebrating what they've achieved, and then getting down to work before watching some rather splendid fireworks - that was just such a return of normalcy, as was the celebration of workers and. carers and volunteers of various kinds that was dovetailed into the concert performances beforehand.  And the Howard University Showtime Marching Band are quite amazing.  Exhale, exhale, exhale.