Protest

 Saturday was the protest, as usual, and it was a beautiful day for it. 78°, sunny and a warm wind blowing. It was spring. 

Tim carried the signs and I carried a little folding table and a plate of 'oatmeal resistance' cookies to share. (Come to the dark side! We have cookies!) 

We are getting a lot more support from passersby. Lots of car horns. I also noticed that there are many people who don't toot, but as they sit at the light, they smile, doing the thumbs up, (if you are only waving one digit, that is the digit to wave!) 

One elderly couple had two large dogs in the back seat. They were sitting at the red light and the dogs stuck their heads out the window to say 'hey! How's it going!' Terry's dog, Carlos yapped back 'Pretty good! Join us, why doncha?' The poor owner looked embarrassed as she tried to stifle her two. It made us all laugh, inside and outside of that car.

It used to be that business trucks didn't wave, but we are seeing more participation there, too, which is cool. 

'Airhorn guy' comes through blasting his horns enthusiastically. You can pretty much set your watch by him, and we always wondered. Turns out that he drives by multiple protests to show his support. We are part of his route.

Of course, there is the flipside. A woman walked over to scream about abortion. Sally answered, 'if you don't believe in them, don't have one.' The woman shrieked that she hoped if Sally had grandchildren, they were aborted.  A ripple of shocked murmuring followed. Ain't no hate stronger than Christian love, is there?

When it was cold, people often drove by. You could tell they were  not fans, but you could not hear them. Now you can because the windows are down. 

'How much are you getting paid?' (Answer: nothing...I hate this for free!)

'Why aren't you working??!!' (Same reason you aren't!)

One woman shouted,'if it weren't for trump, you would not even be here!!!' The guy next to me looked puzzled. 'What does that even mean?' he asked. 'Dunno,' I answered, but she's right. If it wasn't for him, we all wouldn't be standing here.' He let loose a laugh and passed the comment down the line.

I talked to the organizer. "We need a busker!"

Wonder what Jesse Welles is up to Saturday?

 Gas went up 20 more cents today. 

It is cold and spitting snow. (If someone has a protest for that, we'll show up for it.)