Oh what a day! The weather turned out perfect as the wind and rain held off for our walk. It was a bit chilly but the walk warmed us up.
We gathered around Kathy’s new fire pit where Kathy had started a fire to warm our bodies and souls today. A dear friend brought his guitar and another of the participants is a singer and the two of them sang peace and love songs to us.
We had a meditation and we all roared and threw our anger, frustration and overwhelm into the fire. We made space inside for peace, love and harmony.
We walked downtown to meet up with a group that provided cookies and water for us. There were several people that couldn’t walk the mile route and they joined us at the water break stop.
We walked down to the old bridge and had some more music. We then walked back to the cookie and water break stop for seconds on the delicious cookies. We came back to my house and called it a day.
We had 30 people total at our rally today. We only encountered one person who yelled at us while we walked by their house going downtown. They didn’t yell at us when we passed them on our way home. I didn’t see any law enforcement officers. A couple cars and pickups slowed down to see what we were doing as they passed. I was kinda expecting one or more to say or do something but they didn’t.
It was an interesting mix of men and women. We had a couple of youngsters – those below 40! I didn’t know about half of the participants but somehow, someway they had found out about it and showed up.
My goal was to reach the tipping point of the population of Cottonwood Falls. The census reports the population as 851. 30 at the rally put us a person or two above the tipping point!
It turned out better than I had hoped it would. It was very peaceful, full of love and harmony. There were interesting conversations going on most of the time as people mixed and made new friends.
I will be interested in hearing the totals of the number of people that demonstrated across the US today. I reported our total of 30 to the main group that organized the events today – 50501. I can’t rely on mainstream media to give me accurate numbers. 50501 is adding up the rally totals and are to have a count tomorrow.
It does feel good to have done something to get our voices and concerns heard. Trusting it created some conversation in Cottonwood Falls and others get curious as to why we were on the streets.
Next Saturday there are more rally’s planned. I want to go to the one in Council Grove. We had two from Council Grove at our Rally today.
Tomorrow is a rest day for me. I have some laundry to do and there is always cleaning that could be done if the mood hits.
Monday Phil is beginning the work to repair my foundation. He will be pulling up the carpet in my bedroom and cutting a hole in the floor so he can get to the foundation. I may go away for a few days or just find a bed to sleep in somewhere Monday night. I can always sleep on the couch or in my recliner. He thinks he will need two and possibly three days to complete the job. I haven’t decided yet what to do. If I do stay home, I will need to pack a bag so I can have clothes easily available in case my closet gets blocked.
Other than the construction work, my calendar is completely free for next week. I do want to get to the gym a couple of times but nothing else is planned. It is going to take me a bit to adjust to all this empty space.
It feels like lots of space opened up for me today. That is both delightful and scary at the same time. I do better when I have a bit of structure in my life and it feels like I don’t have that right now. Time for me to get into some Good Trouble and find a project.
Feeling very satisfied about today. I saw a report of 20 people in Ottawa, KS and 70 in Salina. 30 in Cottonwood Falls is great! What I appreciated most was the people that came that I didn’t know and those that came from towns around us. They were willing to take a risk and show up. We live in red country and it took courage from all that showed up today to do so.
Grateful for the support of those that showed up today, grateful the weather cooperated, and grateful for the fire pit today.