Hi everybody?
How are you?
Long time, no blog.
After our big weekend of protesting and graduating and celebrating our anniversary and hosting impromptu porch gatherings, and all that great stuff, we got sick. First Kev, then me. It was a real bummer, because I had a bunch of plans, including accepting a proclamation from the mayor on behalf of the Tree Commission, which I had to get a sub for, and a trip to visit my family in Indiana, which I had to postpone for a couple of weeks. And I couldn't take my walks, which definitely affected my sense of well-being. Until this morning, I hadn't been outside since Tuesday!
But today I feel almost 100% better. I woke up and took a nice little walk around town that started in the rain and ended with the sun trying to come out and my first iced coffee in way too long. And tomorrow, I'm going to Delaware to visit Daph for a couple of days, which I am super excited about. In the week that I was stuck inside, more and more trees have been leafing out, and the dogwoods have really started showing off.
A few pictures from my walk this morning:
It's hard to take pictures while holding a giant umbrella, but I tried.
We have a new gelato place!
Courthouse.
White dogwood flowers.
Pink dogwood flowers.
Little baby ginkgo leaves. Such an amazing color.
My favorite shop.
Fact.
Attempted sunshine.
Redbuds reflecting in a giant puddle.
Tulip in my little bulb garden.
Wise words from my neighbor, Greg.
Meanwhile, stuck in the house, we've been enjoying our little houseguest.
One day there was quite a display through my window prisms that I normally would have missed.
I got my desk cleaned off.
And we busted out The Griddler and made delicious wrap sandwiches that we copied from our favorite Hyde Park takeout place.
Kev is awesome and went to the grocery store since he was the first one to feel better. The cooking was a team effort. Today, there will be soup.
So, it sucked getting sick, but it's all good, and I'm looking forward to visiting the kid tomorrow, and being healthy when I go see my family. It all seems to have worked out in the end.
I hope we can say the same for the country. This seems like a very appropriate calendar page for this week in my effin' birds calendar considering all the absolute dystopian events of the past few days.
But we cannot resign ourselves to being doomed. or else we're doomed. It's going to take vigilance, engagement, and action. So, I hope you are all finding ways to stay involved. We don't have to be doomed.
The Hands Off protests were amazing last week, and bigger than predicted. The next national day of action is scheduled for April 19, but this time, widespread protests are not the main objective. Read about the 50501
call to action here.
My special request is for you to use 5calls on Monday to help you call your Senators regarding the SAVE Act, which passed in the House, but must not pass in the Senate. Read about it
here. Let me know if you have other ideas. We're all in this together.
Let's not be doomed.
Onward.
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