It’s a strange time to be blogging. Being the parent of giggling children. To be an American who walks home from work, eats dinner, brushes his teeth, and crawls into bed. I’m sure you feel the same way. What’s happening in Minneapolis and across the country is so far from normal, so far from being rational, ethical, or humane that it feels incredibly surreal to be doing things like going to the grocery store and reading a bedtime story at the same time.
“The sadness, anger, and dissonance is so bad right now,” a friend from Minneapolis texted me last night. He was off to help build a giant “ICE OUT” sign in his hometown of Lake Nokomis — 100-foot-tall letters with flight numbers visible from above. Snow letters during the day. At night, candles in white paper bags are lit.
Today he wrote again. “I thought there would be about 10 people the first night, but at least. 100 people gatheredand I’m sure it will continue to grow. As we drove over, we wondered if ICE agents were writing down license plate information, but this kind of fear won’t stop us from lighting a candle. ”
“Children and parents worked together to prepare white paper bags for weighted ballast with snow in the bottom,” he wrote. “I kept the candle lit for an hour and felt the opposite of fear.”
This week is a songwriter billy bragg I wrote a great song about the heroes of Minneapolis above – the lyrics are great – and here they are too Video of Minnesota drummer playing against ICE. Everyone is showing up in whatever way they can.
This week, we stand with the people of Minnesota with great admiration and gratitude. Here’s how you can help the city (and Food pantries that deliver), similarly how to help People fighting ICE in Maine.
Stay tuned for information on Cup of Jo/big salad A volunteer project will be held in New York next weekend (February 6th to 8th). We are currently making adjustments and will contact you with more details soon.
And today, as we sit at our desks, take care of our children, brush our teeth, we will embrace each other in our hearts. We’re always experimenting with Cup of Jo to talk about the difficult, heavy parts of life and give our readers a soft landing when they need it. We will continue to do so as best we can, even during these difficult times.
Thank you very much for reading. Sending you lots of love. Shit shit shit
P.S. Dear readers in Minneapolis, how are you doing? Also, what are some small good things happening in your life right now?
(Photo via reddit. via daytime photo Jonathan Slugt. )
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