With little other distractions, we take long walks during the COVID-19 shut down. These experiences have a Zen meditative quality. We are alone, together. And the power of neighbor love and the beauty of nature enwraps us in a gratifying embrace.
Yard signs and such have inspired us. Small voices are heard. Some imaginative, others marketing gimmicks by local real estate professionals, some at the local grocery store. They are all a right winger’s warning to not let your dog poop in his yard living next door to a family voting for a Latinx woman running for a seat in the state legislature.
How has the pandemic contributed to our awareness of social inequality and racial injustice? Let’s just say this: what better way of whiling away the extra time than listening, learning, and finding ways to let your voices be heard? None.
We can do better. And we will.
Give and take. These little kiosks hold amazing opportunity for adventure and understanding.
Develop a stronger bladder, America. Bathrooms are closed. Hike with your legs crossed. Or find a discreet bush behind a bush behind a bush.
Window of a closed local school cafeteria. Valentine decorations still in place. We are living in a time of frozen plans.
Fifth graders rejoice!
Bus stops are bypassed.
Our nation is a rainbow of front line workers who risk their lives to save others from COVID-19.
Memorial Day is marked by these American patriot families. We need more citizens like this.
All around town, people have been dropping these small tokens of hope and love to remind us to look and see and heal and learn. “Easter eggs” appear to the observant.
In our neighborhoods, CDC workers struggle valiantly to fight COVID 19. Thousands of signs and messages from area citizens know this and honor their work.
There is nowhere else to go but … up.
