47: Week 11
I almost didn't go. The date had been on my calendar for awhile, an entry to remind me of April 5th-- Hands Off! I was tired. The weather seemed gloomy. I read too many scary posts about all the things to prepare in case of violent acts, arrests, problems that could occur. As this past week moved along, I thankfully ignored most of the news, just gathering bits of headlines and horrible acts in between lots of work, which again saved me from falling into the doom. And yes, high points existed like Wisconsin, Cory Booker, court rulings. But Friday arrived, and while scrolling online, I came across the announcement from the Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book about their federal funding being cut. I do some volunteer work for their Colorado Book Awards program, so this announcement hit close. Several hours later, I made the mistake of checking our investments and gasped. Pissed off. Furious. Saturday morning arrived, and I headed to a work training, still...
