#newsamehope / 3.20.20

What is new?

• Chicago Public Schools are extending their closure through at least April 20th.

• Senators selling stocks instead of mobilizing their constituents, protecting their assets instead of their people. But like, I guess being utterly evil isn’t new behavior?

What is the same?

• Working on a creative project makes you lose track of time and space.

• Earl Grey tea doesn’t disappoint.

• I continue to be really grateful I got that weighted blanket a few months ago.
  

What is the hope?

• Virtual gatherings of people sharing stories, surprising you with the things you didn’t know you needed to hear.

• I am blowing on the embers of my hope that we stay energized enough to fight. This crisis continues to amplify our society’s rampant inequalities, and we aren’t allowed to shut up about it until we change things.

• Time for us to get to know ourselves in a way our world hasn’t previously expected us to. 

Photo: Sandymount. Dublin Bay. Ireland. October 2017.