same here, nilly. The phonebank I was supposed to do was about talking to white Americans about the mIddle east. I feel guilty about missing it.

Nilly, you and your family are in my thoughts. Sending you all love.

{{hugs to Nilly and Shir}}

I went to a protest in SF yesterday. it was pretty small, and I was reminded of the anti-war protests before we went to war in Iraq, when there were millions of people on the street and it didn't make even a little difference.

But one does what one can.

In other news I had a nice hike in the redwoods with my sister & BIL and the dogs, and so far as I can tell, the Tornado didn't pick up any ticks. Yay for that.

Now I have to go buy groceries and prep for dog class and then it's back to the work week, sigh.

Thank you for checking in, Nilly. It is so much to comprehend all of the life disruptions, ranging from people dying to missing school and holidays like Purim. The insanity of the powers that be is affecting every aspect of people's lives.

I know lots of movement people that got their starts from those, Consuela. But yeah, you didn't get an immediate effect from that, but that is how PDA became a thing, for one.

You and your families are close in my heart and thoughts every day, Nilly and Shir.

I think that's all I have right now.

Thanks for checking in, Nilly.

Kat did you expect a younger crowd for Brandi Carlyle? I guess I assume her fans are all middle aged lesbians because that’s who I know…

meara, I think the problem is that I don't think of myself as a middle-aged lesbian! I guess I think of Brandi Carlile as predominantly drawing the same crowd as Glennon Doyle or Elizabeth Gilbert. That flavor of white lady. Maybe it's because when I was in my big live music listening times (like my early twenties) Carlile was decidedly not on the scene. Like it doesn't ping me that the Indigo Girls are OLD. Carlile's a little younger than I am, I think... more elder millenial than Gen X... so I thought her crowd would be younger.

meara, I just figured it out! I thought her crowd would be like the gay version of the crowd at a Pink show.

Hahaha I can see that. I have several friends who have attended her “girls just wanna” weekend in Mexico, though I have not because I don’t really know any of her music.

So glad to hear from you, Shir and Nilly.