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When Donald Trump took office, there was a flurry of commentary about how, this time around, the resistance against him would be diminished.

Well, of course, says Anne Lamott: “I think we need and are taking a good, long rest.”

Her column is a balm for anyone feeling exhausted, or guilty for feeling exhausted. A resistance of any magnitude can’t run for long on fumes, so if a Trump opposition is going to spring up, it probably ought to spend a bit of time snoozing first, considering the bruising election Trump foes just went through.

Anne previews what that resistance will look like: peaceful, colorful, multigenerational, suffused with actions big and small. But right now, Anne says, “is a time of quiet.”

As she writes, gorgeously as ever, “A passionate activist friend told me she doesn’t feel very resisty yet, but one thing that characterizes deserts is the stillness, until the wind blows. And, boy, when it blows, it’s like an organ. You can hear its shape and power because everything else is so still. How or when will the wind start up? How could we know? But it always does.........

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