nasty cold - called out two days, the following day dragged my carcass to work because I had an interview. don’t know how i got through it - headed to work after and felt awful. next day at work was hell. i felt sicker and it was so tough to get through the day. then scheduled another interview and had a two hour meeting before - took the rest of the day off. went to bed too late because i was putting the finishing touches to my protest sign for the Hands Off march that would begin downtown at bryant park. it was rainy, cold, but the amount of protesters on the subway and in the streets was very uplifting. there were bagpipes playing, drums, dinosaurs, and kazoos. i lost the group i went down with but didn’t mind. did not like the drone flying above the crowd...
stepped into the drug store to get some cough drops and saw a group of folks sitting on the carpet making protest signs…
marched for about 2 hours and then decided to leave because i really don’t want to chance getting pneumonia.
took the express bus back to da bronx.
the bronx is filled with minorities - and dare i say, undocumented persons. people were headed to work. didn’t have the luxury to protest. but i got lots of nods, a thank you, a fist held up, and a “i support you”.
i fear it will get worse and then it’ll be all hands on deck. but i totally support people of color sitting this one out.
did not notice any agitators. but they would have been shut down quickly because there were so many people.
i did see on tiktok that 300 folks (Jews for Justice) and another group took over the trump towers. there were two busses of folk that were arrested. more power to them. if i see a gofund me page collecting $$ for legal fees, i will donate.
as of mid feb…i’ve gotten rid of fb, instagram, amazon, target shopping, aldi’s. don’t eat McD’s or other fast food or drink sodas. supporting my local mom/pop pharmacy, dollar stores, stop and shop and shoprite.
tomorrow, i will head to check out two red tailed hawk nests, shop for basic necessities and rest up.
after i got home from the protest, i watched video clips of protests around the country and world.
America can’t die like this. We can’t let this democracy die like this.
“to be insulted by these fascists, is so degrading. it's no game.” db Scary Monsters
peace.