I was in Council Grove at 11:40 this morning to meet a dear friend for lunch. We had a nice conversation while we ate lunch.
After lunch we walked down to the independent book store in Council Grove. I managed to find a book, a puzzle, and a few cards. It feels important to support locally owned, small independent book stores. It wasn’t a hardship to find something to buy.
My friend and I and another lady set up a cookie/water station for the political rally that was held in Council Grove this afternoon. I made Snickerdoodles to take, my friend brought chocolate chip cookies, and the leader of the rally brought donuts and water. It was a bit chilly sitting out this afternoon. I was grateful I had taken my long rain coat as I used it for extra warmth.
It was interesting watching people walk by as we waited for the rally participants to come. One lady told us she has a government job in Manhattan and it wasn’t safe for her to participate in the rally or to state what she beliefs. That sure made me grateful I was there protesting.
Several walked by and wouldn’t make eye contact. One guy told us he was for Camp Trump. Another guy was grateful we were doing what we were doing and left a donation for the democratic committee in Council Grove.
There were 28 people participating today. They ranged in age from 1 to 80 ish maybe. Most were in my age range. One couple had been at the rally in Cottonwood Falls as was the lady that organized this one today along with my friend and I.
The rally participants that were from Council Grove were going to meet together afterwards and attempt to discover some next steps they can take. I trust they will come up with something that helps them feel they are taking productive steps.
I stopped at the grocery store in Council Grove afterwards. I love shopping at “real” grocery stores Whenever I travel to different cities one of my favorite things to do is to visit a grocery store. You can learn a lot about a local culture from a grocery store. I picked up a few things and then came home.
I finished watching Brothers and Sisters and am now starting to watch Army Wife’s. As with Brothers and Sisters I watched Army Wife’s when it was on before but missed several of the shows. It has been a long time since I watched it so decided to binge watch it all again. It will take me a bit to get through all the shows and seasons of it.
Wednesday will be one year since I moved into this house. In some ways it feels like we have been here forever and other ways it feels like it has only been a few months. I am grateful I made the hard decision to sell the county house and move to town. I loved living in that house and on that property but it was too big for me and getting to be too much for me to handle.
Wednesday is also the anniversary date of Craig’s death. How can it be a year already since he died?
Today’s rally was my third rally this year. This old lady is turning back to her hippy days of love and peace and protesting. I have to believe that protesting on the streets does some good The next call is for rally’s to be held on May 1. I will find one that day and go again. I haven’t seen a list yet of where they will be held. Anyone want to go with me?
No plans for tomorrow except a few housecleaning chores. Kathy leaves for her Honor Flight trip tomorrow afternoon and will be back Wednesday. Phil is coming Monday to finish the foundation repair so I will have to get up and get going early. Wednesday Jason has a court thing that I am going to go with him to.
I am tired tonight. I wasn’t kind to my body yesterday and had tummy issues overnight. Trusting tonight will be better. It did feel good to protest again today yet still struggling with knowing things continue to challenge our democracy. I wonder what it will take before things cross some line that others will say No More.
Grateful for the privilege to be able to protest, grateful for the people that showed up today, and grateful the rain held off during the protest.