Reading Up

... But Not Precisely Lively, Either

It's been too long since I last posted, or checked in with other folks' journals. My energy levels have been up and down like a yoyo, and even the ups aren't where I'd like them to be. It means that there are some days when I'm happy at having completed one or two things, and there are other days when I can't even get those one or two things done. 

I've been active on Discord, but I don't want to hang there all the time, or certainly not hang there to the detriment of some of my other spaces. I'm trying to find and keep friends and friendly acquaintances in different places. You'd think that that kind of adulting wouldn't be difficult. You would be wrong. 

I've managed to push through a bit on my writing. I've managed (ihopeihopeihope) to have prevented more mouse incursions. I'm thinking of putting some more of my old poetry up on originalkaffy_r , but who knows if I'll actually do it. I've gotten some reading done away from the laptop as well. 

I bought the new BTS album and, once again, can't say why I did that. I'd been listening to the album even before buying it (the first actual music purchase I've made in a long time) thanks to all the songs being on YouTube, and I really like it. But I don't understand ... well, much of what's going on in my head these days. 

I imagine I'll figure it out. 

Persistence and Promise

Bob and I attended the No Kings 3.0 rally closest to us, in Evanston's lakeside Dawes Park. Estimates later put the attendance at 2,000, a respectable number, given the lack of parking that the park offered (previous No Kings rallies were held in downtown Evanston). We left before the march, since our aging backs weren't up for it, but it was good to be there. One of the things that hit hardest for me were an incredibly long line of stakes with pictures of people attached to them, every one of them someone who died at the hands of ICE or CBP, either directly or indirectly. All those faces reminded me of one of the things we're fighting for as we try to remain a representational democracy; an end to murder, at home and abroad. 

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