{"id":5964,"date":"2022-11-08T07:47:58","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=5964"},"modified":"2023-07-13T11:24:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T15:24:26","slug":"blood-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/blood-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Six weeks after shoulder surgery put my dominant arm in a sling, my surgeon \u201cfreed\u201d me yesterday.\u00a0\u00a0So today, I\u2019ve got two hands on the keyboard.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m not sure how long I\u2019ll last \u2013 but here goes.\u00a0\u00a0Welcome back to \u201cOur America\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-Dawn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The alarm went off at 430am, the \u201cklaxon\u201d alarm of \u201cred alert\u201d on Star Trek.&nbsp;&nbsp;I worked my way out of bed, the first time in bed after six weeks sleeping in a recliner.&nbsp;&nbsp;It was supposed to be a restful night, but I think I wrestled all night to find a place where my re-designed shoulder could relax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But 4:30am it was \u2013 the pre-dawn hours of the \u201cBlood Moon\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0It\u2019s Election Day in the United States, the next in the \u201ccritical\u201d decisions as America flirts with something other than democracy.\u00a0\u00a0We made the \u201cright\u201d choice two years ago; 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