Day in the life
Tonight at dinner we had a discussion of segregation, since that’s what my son is studying at school. It was a good discussion and we talked about hating on the basis of race, gender, appearance, religion and so on. The kids seem utterly confused that people would hate other people for any better reason than some people are mean (ie nasty bullies and even then, they are still people and can change).
Things here are turning green. Lots of leaves and even a crocus has bloomed!!! It’s almost like spring. I’ve planted peas. I am hoping they’ll come up soon.
My students are developing at literary webzine. There’s not a lot to it yet, but it’s at wwww.twistedink.net if you’d like to go have a look. It’s taking submissions of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, and art. Pass the word if you know of anyone who’d be interested in submitting.
Today we went to the soccer field with the kids to kick the ball around and walk the dogs. Was fun. I like soccer.
I’m in a funk. Emotional funk. Not sure why. I don’t know if it’s the fact that the man is laid off and the whole nonmovement on the house sale or something else.
I’m also working on some other things that I can’t talk about. I am hopeful that they will pan out however. How’s that for cryptic?
I also discovered this website today, which is really cool: Issuu. It’s got some really cool stuff on it and also could have some possibilities for doing some stuff. I’m just not sure what yet. I also learned some stuff on InDesign. I’ve been trying to learn some stuff about that, Photoshop and Adobe Illustrated. I know just about nothing on any of them.
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Hang in there.
But in some ways there is still segregation going on. Once I lived inside the beltway of DC. When in DC last for my High School reunion, I told my husband to just look at the two departing subway trains at the Metro Center after our visit to the Smithsonian. One was bound for Virginia and the other for Maryland. There was a huge difference in the race makeup of the two cars. For the reunion, I needed to get to Anacosta MD, and we were staying in Alexandria VA across the Potomac from Anacosta. The only way easily to get there was by car, says a lot. The only way by mass transit was to go all the way up through DC, and around. And when I went to high school in Maryland, driver's ed was not free, not guaranteed, and was NOT cheap. (Which is why I didn't learn how to drive until I was 32!)
Segregation still exists. Rambled.....