I didn’t want to add to the noise. There was so much of it. Wall to wall. Twenty-four seven. Facebook, Twitter, cable “news”, “false news”, TV, newspapers, blogs and who knows where else. The noise was deafening and nauseating. And when I started this blog, I promised not to turn it into a political rant page. In the last five hundred days, it has been difficult to clear my mind because of the onslaught of noise. This campaign made posting stories in my usual style seem trivial. The election hasn’t quelled the racket. The election is over. No candidate got most of the votes. Donald Trump has become our President-elect. In the hope that my grandsons will someday read these blog posts, I have to say something about such a contentious political event. If you can’t stand the additional noise, stop here. I understand. When I started to write this blog post, it was Tuesday, exactly a wee...