08/31/2010 Moon in Gemini
It was the last day of August, and it was a bit rainy. Portland weather has been weird, and I still feel like we might get a summer that stretches a bit into the fall. Today was a pretty good day. I've been away from this blog because I have not been doing the work in the streets for a little while. If you didn't read the earlier posts, my wife and I were expecting a baby, but the baby stopped developing. All last week we were waiting for the remnants to begin their journey out of her uterus, but unfortunately, that has yet to come to pass.
I did go out to the streets today, and talked to quite a few people. The problem that I'm having is that I'm a bit depressed not only about my personal situation, but also about some of the intense economic news that's been coming out slowly lately. Sometimes you can feel long-term developments coming to a head, and you realize the importance of doing something about them. The reason that I'm out in the streets talking to community members is because if we don't stand up together in response to crisis, we end up just reacting to it when it happens.
What's awesome is the amount of good people that are out there. I talked to a lady for a good length of time today that had lived in her community for a long time. She talked about wanting to get a side-yard garden going, and would love to get some help from the community to make that happen. She was really nice, but I had to keep apologizing because I could tell that I was not conveying excitement in my voice, because my heart hurts. So, I will work to regenerate some emotional energy tomorrow and then go back out on Thursday with energy.
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