This has been the longest dry spell for me that I can ever recall. I usually have half a dozen columns swirling through my head. Some completed sitting on my desktop for further review. Others waiting to be finished.
These past weeks I’ve been unable to write anything.
Why?
That’s what I’ve been asking myself every day.
As soon as I start to approach writing a national or world topic, the situation changes. I can’t ever recall seeing such a flurry of activity going on all at once. Massive fraud, the Epstein saga, Maduro, Iran, and every step of the way Democrats take the wrong side.
Yet that shouldn’t be enough to make my mind go blank. So, I opted for a bit of rambling.
We all have personal things we deal with. Our own demons or family problems. A lot of the times for many it’s financial. You combine external, political, and personal, things swirling in your head and you can become that deer in headlights.
That’s where I am right now.
And I know I’m not alone. Many, if not all of you are or have been in similar situations.
No matter how hard you try to compartmentalize and move forward, your head can be clogged to such a degree, it’s impossible to clear it.
As Americans, we’ve got it made. Plenty of energy to keep the lights on, gas to warm the homes, grocery stores filled with everything we can possibly ever need, and freedoms other countries can only dream about.
So why do we worry so much? Why are so many people on anti-depressants, take calming drugs, drink alcohol and require therapy to get through their daily lives?
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