The mind is tired. The well is nearly dry. I have been putting articles out on a nearly daily basis for the last several weeks, and where do they go? Surely there is a better way to promote back-listings to your website than writing endless articles that few people will ever bother to read. I’ve talked about the horrors of the political situation in this country, and I’ve talked about the act of writing. Now my mind is rebelling.

          It’s turning dark, that time of year when days become short and chilly. It feels as though seasonal affect depression is setting in. It is something that I personally never paid much attention to. It’s the unrelenting cold that I have a hard time dealing with. As I get older, my joints rebel at the mere thought of being cold. And with prices on oil going up and jobs being shipped over-seas faster than you can send an email, a lot of us will be cold this season.

          We used to ask what would happen to the corporations when n o one had the money to buy the products they presumably were selling. Silly question that. Once they have all the money, what do they need from us but their labor, and darned little of that. Once they have all the money that there is, they no longer have any need to sell a product. And we the people, the seething public masses? Well, we might become a little bit dangerous. As far as those corporate powers are concerned, all we really need is that proverbial bowl of rice a day, and enough clothes slapped on our hapless backs so that we don’t all freeze to death at once. And of course, they must make certain that our young women get pregnant at regular intervals, so that they breed young men to man the armies, for in this brave new world, they will need a steady supply of young men for that.

          I am so glad I don’t get so depressed when the weather is warmer and the sun is up for longer hours during the day. My goodness, I almost had myself believing that these things were really happening. Though, I know that many people are losing their homes, and I know from bitter experience what it is like to lose your job and your health insurance, because you are too sick to be able to work.