Saturday, January 21, 2017
What a day! Yesterday I got off work at 6:00 PM and drove home to Winthrop and pulled in just a little before 9:00 PM. It was raining all the way from Leahy Junction outside of Bridgeport to Methow and then the rain turned to snow and driving was slow going the rest of the way home, but by the time I did get home Boo had bacon cheeseburgers from Arrowleaf Bistro waiting. That’s a good way to start off the weekend.
We woke up to 4″ of fresh snow.
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Today was the day of the Women’s March. We knew a lot of our friends would be there, but were shocked at how many people showed up to march. The Methow Valley has around 5,400 residents, many who are part-timers, and well over 700 people came out to march.
I am extremely proud of my community. I know there’s a lot of people that don’t support the march, which is their every right, but I do and that’s all that matters (to me). 😉
I want to thank our friend, Dianna Prince, for knitting Tiago and me “pussy” hats. We wore them with pride.
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This march was more than about women’s rights; it was about people coming together that have a shared set of principles – that there are hues to the fabric that makes up this nation; it’s not just white and Christian. I’m a gay man, married to a Brazilian immigrant; our lives have been directly, and positively, impacted by the changes our nation has seen over the last eight years. Every person I know that supports Trump is white and Christian – people that have never suffered from discrimination, unless one considers having to do a business transaction with a gay person “discrimination”, so in their eyes, the status quo has been fine and they want to return to it. I do not.