Checking in After the Horror

A week from today, we'll film with Willem and Kiki and NHBPS's Windows to the Wild. Once we finish, Samwise, Emily, and I will leave directly from the trailhead. By the time night falls, we'll be outside of New England and on our way. 

I'm not sure where we will be that first night. Covid-19 continues to shape our plans. 

Hearing from friends back home in the Mount Washington Valley, I remain convinced that we are safer on the road. So we will continue on. 

Of course, the coronavirus is not the only concern. We'll be heading across a divided nation, currently being terrorized by white nationalists. This was always a concern, no matter how the election turned out. And while last Wednesday was a despicable and shameful display of the worst people in our country, I was not surprised. 

If you've paid attention these past five years, it was sadly predictable. Racists and anti-Semites and have been emboldened instead of being shamed and minimized. 

Even back in sleepy northern New Hampshire, my …