What's the worth of an X?  A woman's vote?  A man's life?  Our better world?  Illustration Copyright © 2022 by Linda M. Deane.

I HAVE BEEN mulling over this blog since the morning of January 19. I am still mulling over it, and most likely still will be even as you read it.

I physically started writing as tanks and troops amassed along Russia’s border with Ukraine.

By my second draft, Russia had invaded. Vladimir vs Volodymyr; clown vs comedian; one set of people vs another, very similar-looking set of people. With a weary, wary world looking on.