I began a series of articles right before the 2020 election. It struck me as important to witness and communicate troubling political events. If only a Trumpist family member would heed my warning, I thought, and vote for the decent and rational candidate. My articles kept coming — through the insurrection at the Capitol and the aftermath, through the overturning of Roe, and now continue in the face of right wing authoritarian creep. I will keep writing articles until I can happily write about crows, that is, until we are safely past the poison of Trumpism.