Leah and I voted Thursday afternoon.

There have been reports on the news that lots of Republicans are voting early, so we felt that we had to do our part to to stem the tide. I hope our little effort isn’t as futile as Canute’s. I watched the other voters, trying to guess how they would vote, but that’s probably a waste of time. I imagine anyone who saw me would think, “There goes another old, white guy, casting his vote for another Trump surrogate.”

But just imagine what it would be like if the Democrat won the race for governor of Georgia — a black, woman Democrat. If not this year, then maybe another year.

All the little old ladies and little old men working at the polls reminded me of my father. He volunteered as a poll worker for many years, right up until he was physically incapable of doing it any more.

I have been letting the blog slide for a while. I’m hoping not to let it slide much longer.