The above is a striking and unmodified image taken from the back deck of The Farm down in Culpeper County. It was taken one afternoon around the time of the last General Election for the office of President of the United States, and we used it as the backdrop to a short account of how a sitting Chief Executive was deposed and power transferred to another.

It was not unprecedented at the time, though rare in occurrence. Things since have accelerated in excitement, speed and hysteria since then.

Apparently, we thought it was a little remarkable back then. The account spans the discrete number of days from the last election to the inauguration of the current one. We did not think it was a trailblazing account or anything of the sort. What we were attempting was to capture the specific emotion that went along with the departure of one partisan figure and the arrival of another.

It is available for free on Amazon’s Kindle publishing enterprise, issued in 2021. It will help to give some context to the partisan carnival we are currently attending. We thought the emotion of that time was worth capturing, since it was not unprecedented but it was unusual. This next one may be that and something else.

We will try to capture the highlights of these next few months, since there may be some dramatic events coming that really are without previous occurrence. We have been scribbling regularly about some of the subsequent events.

These include a major war in a place called “Ukraine.” Conflict there is hardly unprecedented. In fact, it has been in progress in various incarnations over the last few hundred years. Another struggle with ancient lineage is in progress on the border between Israel and Gaza. With those angry developments in progress, add mutterings about an atomic-related resolution and you can see why this all has attracted a certain amount of interest.

This all came up with the idea of matching the first seventy days with coverage of a slightly longer dramatic period that is approaching. At this moment, It appears to feature the departure of current leadership and a struggle over what is next. This one could be like some previous transitions, including the #1 and #2 positions and reinstallation of another.

One thing we are sure of. This is likely to include some unprecedented aspects of national history. Some are claiming it could include an end to something called “Democracy.” That isn’t our current form of government as you well know, though there are elements of it laying around in a haphazard manner.

Stay with us. We will try to keep you covered!

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