Then, America convulsed. Again.
I cannot leave unsaid, or unremarked that what happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis was savage, horrible, unforgettable, despicable, sickening, heart-breaking and sad. Attempts to focus on positives are useful to weather the time of the virus but can't be, must not be, at the expense of feeling fully the impact of policemen killing a man in a way that wild animals would eschew.
God, please, help us build a way out of prejudice and festering racism. Let us begin! Who are my community's council members? Who are my county supervisors or commissioners? sheriffs? the state legislators? prosecutors? judges? Who hires or appoints police leadership? I can learn all I want about them these days of online communications and interactions, websites and, God help us, Twitter and Facebook. You and I, one item at a time can do this! Just like we're doing to handle this accursed virus.
While I'm working on my part, you can bet I'll be looking for ways to support building us out of the mire of generational poverty, of racism, the Coronavirus' mega-wallop to all our citizens' livelihoods, and for our beloved planet suffering so much damage from our mindless, ignorant squander of her bounty.
Let's talk about voting.
Click here...The League of Women Voters
It is chock full of every piece of voting information that there is in the United State of America. Candidates and issues for every office on any ballot, in any precinct, anywhere. All I need is my address. LWV asks the same sets of questions of all candidates and includes their answers so it's easy to get a sense of what they stand for. There are ballot issues complete with advocate's or opponents' pros and cons. All easy to read, compare and print out for a convenient list for my ballot.
I support LVW411.org. There are others I support that align with my best thoughts and my conscience. One size that fits all does not exist. These enormous issues all burning on the front of our collective stove are as complex and as diverse as there are people. It is my hope that you join me in digging deeper into our imaginations and knowledge and science in search of and effecting solutions that really help. That really get every one of us to a better place. That is my prayer.
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My intention this week was to share the appearance of gardening the past couple of months while spring took hold. But, before that--first, I wanted to say something because like so many in America, I saw something.
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