Still Struggling

 The guy isn't even in office yet....

Meanwhile, I'm still struggling to find things to *do* that feel honestly effective.  Yelling about things on the internet, specifically on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, don't feel productive.  The subsequent arguments that inevitably follow also just make me feel more anxious.  I'm still waiting for my Planned Parenthood volunteer orientation, so that's in limbo.  I haven't heard back from Quatrefoil Library, which I also offered to volunteer at... so again, that feels stalled out.

But I did find a couple of Facebook events that seem worthy of my time and energy. The first is a solidarity with immigrants march on Wednesday, November 23 here in the Twin Cities. They are meeting at Lake and Nicollet at 5 pm. https://www.facebook.com/events/199733550476396/.  I have not yet taken to the streets and so this might be a place to start.  Hopefully, I will actually get my butt out the door and attend.  That'll be the real trick.

The other thing I found seems kind of innocuous and probably won't actually have an effect is a "postcard avalanche" to denounce Bannon: https://www.facebook.com/events/174763619653288/. Will Trump car? I doubt it.  On the other hand, I love sending postcards and it will give the post office something to do...? I don't know know.  This is where things get really difficult.  

Years ago, Shawn and I actually successfully ran a postcard avalanche for a local issue. We made pre-printed postcards for our neighbors to send in to the city council. I think this was for allowing our neighbors to have a variance for parking, though it might have been part of our push to get the roundabout at the end of the block planted.  (Both of those were successful, partly because they were super localized and specific and if ten people show up to a city council meeting it's a big f*cuking deal, as our Vice-President would say.) Somehow I don't see this having the same kind of effect, but my feeling is that at least it's more concrete than reposting some article or other or signing a petition... I mean, maybe petitions can work? But, every organization seems to have one already. Still, I don't see it does harm, so I'm signing all the ones that seem legit.

Okay, well, I'm headed off to go get groceries.  We're out of everything and Thanksgiving is looming.  So it's going to be a huge list.  Our friends the Jacksons came early, but we LOVE Thanksgiving and so we've invited our friends Eleanor and Patrick to join us.  It should be fun, or will be if we have enough potatoes....