Luci and I started this Saturday walking familiar streets on an art walk, seeing what local artists are making-- jewelry, pens, scarves, pottery, and paintings.
Luci likes making, too--making friends with people and dogs. She wanted to romp with every dog she met. She soaked up the attention of humans who gave her treats.
I wore my Beto earrings in a neighborhood filled with Beto signs. Even the postman called out, "Love your earrings!"
After that, I spray painted a shelf and five little Altoid boxes for backing my spirit dolls. I chose some faces and embellishments and laid everything out on the table for tomorrow morning's assembly.
My day always shifts when my feet stop wanting to do foot things, and I sat on the porch and read chapters in a novel.
So then it gets dark and I look for a movie. Tonight's choices were two documentaries by Alexandra Pelosi (Nancy Pelosi's daughter): one about Ted Haggard's falling from church grace when it was discovered that he was having sex with men and buying drugs; the other about Pelosi's 2006 road trip getting to know Ted Haggard (before his fall) and other evangelicals in mega-churches.
If you want to see how America ever got a Trump, these films are worth seeing. The huge coalition of evangelicals shun science ("no evolution!"); consider themselves "pro life," believe in procreating to build up their tribe. They like Confederate flags, Christian billboards, and huge crosses. And they don't want anyone messing with their guns.
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