Yesterday was a day off school for the grands, since their schools are polling places. They had morning dentist appointments, then we went to lunch at The Gruff. Nora's soup of the day was chicken dumpling, which she loved. (Thought of you, Joanne.)
After a visit at my house, we headed out to the Cincinnati Nature Center. Every year I look forward to that day in early November when the temperature is in the 60's, a last farewell to summer. There were still many leaves on the trees, there was blue sky. Perfect. We stayed just long enough, then headed back toward their house since Aaron had basketball practice. The Nature Center is about a mile from the baseball/softball complex where they play and it was fun to take one more pass and look at the empty fields.
I am relieved that yesterday's voting is pretty much past. More votes to count in Georgia. I am reminded of listening to the speakers before the Women's March in Cincinnati, two years ago. The speakers were urging women to run for office, and it looks like all across the country women took that message to heart.
Maybe even someone in the crowd that day - for the first time, an African American woman was elected to the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners. (Cincinnati is in Hamilton County.) She had $12, 562 and her opponent had $389,987.
It looks as if a legacy of this president will be more women in elected office.
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