Day 1773: Protests

The Los Angeles protests proceeded right down Colin and April's street.  Yesterday 8000 people marched, a dozen helicopters zoomed overhead.  Paddy wagons and police hovered nearby.   They needed to go view a couple apartments and got stuck in the middle of it.  Thousands streamed by, all good natured.   Some took their pictures or filmed them.  Colin doesn't do crowds so it was hard to be stuck there, but he was sympathetic and supportive.

Mary and I are talking to friends about have a mini Million Woman March on Washington right here in Fredonia on Jan. 21 at the same time as the Washington March is happening.  Cities and towns around the country are already planning their marches as well.  The next few years will be very contentious.

We walked the trails off Center Rd. in Arkwright and were surprised to discover that every tree is bare. Here in town, bright colors remain, but ten miles away all leaves have fallen.  It's odd, but that's the moderating effects of the lake.  Much logging has taken place so that large sections of the forest where we have walked are now cleared.  It's a gray and gloomy scene, except for the weeds that have gone to seed.