Well, that was a day! I’m heartened by all the people, young and old, in urban, rural, and suburban settings, in both red and blue areas who made their voices heard. I hope you’ll spend some time wherever you watch these things to see the rallying cry of the American people. Boston really turned out!
Snow is predicted for Thursday, so I will hold off on planting these sweet daffodils. Got some pansies too. Who isn’t cheered up by pansies?
Or by homemade blueberry muffins?
I am somewhat heartened. But I still feel like a sitting duck. I think because I am 75 now. I don’t have time to make up all the financial losses. We were going to try and move down to the cape to be nearer my son but now of course all that is on hold.
We are sitting ducks and so much damage has been done already. My husband just retired and now we wonder – should he have? I hope you’ll be able to make that move anyway somehow.
Pansies here too , all mixed in a pot but I had to bring them indoors since we had ice, snow and rain the last couple of days. This morning, homemade pancakes with chopped pecans in the batter. Yesterday heart overflowed to know that my family in San Francisco, CA had taken to the streets, speaking, marching, carrying signs. They ended the day with Irish coffees which prompted the quip that it might be a long time before any of them could afford such a treat what with coffee and Jameson’s Irish whiskey tariffs…
This morning, what matters is not if any of this will make fast and quick changes…no, the changes will come slowly, if we all hold together. What matters is that they, and we, stood and faced and proudly inhabited our title of Citizen.
I like that — ‘inhabiting our role as citizens’. I was happy that my younger son got out and protested in Boulder. The first time that I know of.
Pancakes with pecans! One of my favorites!!
I ordered some vanilla today because three quarters of the world’s vanilla comes from Madagascar which Trump imposed big tariffs on.
Friday I stocked up on coffee, Tetley British tea and dark chocolate.
We were heartened by the marches too – so glad to see such big turn outs and remembering that it is not a one time deal.
Yes to the happiest of flowers – pansies!
Lastly, you muffin…might I say With Butter!!! has us drooling. Yum!
I read that there were some 50 protests in and around Los Angeles.
Spring helps, right? I bought pansies, too 🙂
We went to a protest yesterday and it was great to be with a peaceful but seriously pissed off crowd. We also saw friends and acquaintances and neighbors we were surprised to see! That was sooo nice! Lots of great signs. Lots of people, all ages. mostly white, mostly old – and there were LBGTQ+ folks. No trumpets in sights with their nasty black trucks hung with flags.
Last weekend at a Tesla Takedown I struck up a conversation with a trumper woman. I didn’t find out if she truly identified as MAGA or what. Anyway, an RN who said was really not siding with them totally (tho’ married to on), and willing to talk about the issues of healthcare and possibly losing or even cutting into Medicare and Medicaid benefits. She was in tears because she had a child born with Cerebral Palsy. Well, yeah let’s talk about who’s going to suffer? Maybe all of us, and many people we are related to and love? I talked to her for a good 30 minutes. Prior to that, because I decided to hang out in the crowd of trumpers, a woman tried to push me and a friend into the street. Just pushing us with her body saying we not allowed be among them. I told her: stop it! We are all Americans with a right to protest anywhere and with anyone we choose. She walked away!
In Trenton no police in sight – 2,000 people packed in pretty a small plaza. It had just poured rain for a few hours prior and it was a good crowd, considering. Wonderful to see how may people were out x-country. As you say: rural, red states, suburban, urban. Even some republicans saying “enough”. Still we need more.
Good on you to open up a dialogue. But for another to try and shove you into the street? My god.
I read that the reason there were so few cops in NYC is because they expected a fraction of the people to show up
Thanks Dee, it was really surprising and interesting to cross that communication gap! But actually she approached me and my friend V (who’s an attorney). V had started to talk to the woman’s husband about abortion being A CHOICE – I thought wow, they are going to kill each other, so I walked over to stand with V. Suddenly his wife approached us and said to me, “let me ask you two something about healthcare. I’m an RN.”, or something like that, my reaction was: sure! pleeeeease! She immediately waved off her husband with, “GO AWAY, WE are talking here”, and she also waved off the “choice” issue, telling us about her child, and that quickly led to the Medicaid discussion. The husband started lurking back around after a while, so we ended it with: It seems we all know someone, or are related to someone, who relies on Medicare or Medicaid, and it was sooo great to talk with you!
My god maybe there’s still hope for closing the divide, perhaps among women? Or just a fluke. Yesterday I met a young woman (Dem) who has been researching the anti-suffragettes… another story for another time.
Yes, heard the same about NYC. But all was peaceful, hooray!
I used to feel retired. Now I just feel unemployed.
That is hard to read and speaks volumes
I was reading my local paper this morning and saw some photos of the local Hands Off protest in Albuquerque. One sign almost made me laugh; it said, “Elect a clown, expect a circus”. I say almost made me laugh but the reality is far from laughable. Perhaps a better slogan would have been, “Elect a demon, expect hell!”
I like yours better.