Yesterday, was just another Day in the Life. I was surprised to find that the folks in my neighborhood are all clued in. We are all woke folks who are fully, completely, emphatically, epically WOKE. Yes. We are Aware, Alive, Awake. We are now all wearing whistles around our necks, ready to be blown if ICE is anywhere in the vicinity. We are rallying, and meeting, and contributing to Food Drives for folks who are hungry, since Trump and GOP are playing games with SNAP.
Helicopters were again flying over head. Not a good sign. Still, there is no doomerism on the streets. Instead, a fiery consciousness of resistance. Pretty impressive. All the conversations on the paths & streets were about actions folks are taking in response to the bullshit. One of my friends pulled up in his car wearing a bowler hat with the sign "ICE OUT." He also was wearing mirror-shades and a bright, red clown nose. He was driving around looking for ICE, ready to match them clown for clown.
Funny. This friend is not someone I ever thought of as super-political. But folks are rising to the occasion, and the occasion is Fascism in America. We are against it. Hearts, Heads, Souls. Turns out the common folk do seem to care. At least around here. It is a very good development in the face of the horror. No fear, no doomerism, a positive, can-do Spirit. Surprising. Real.
