attended a rally this morning

This morning I went to a rally against hate in Boston, on the steps of the Massachusetts State House. I woke up with no particular plans, found an article about the planned rally on a news website, and decided I should go.

This was very establishment: speakers included the state Attorney General and the mayor of Boston. On the other hand, that feels fitting when the Attorney General's speech is partly about the hate crimes hotline her office set up last week, which has already received hundreds of calls.

I don't know how much good this will do, but I also don't know how much good calling my Congresswoman to thank her for opposing one of Trump's proposed nominees will do. It's a thing I can do.

It was a chilly morning, but there are going to be a lot of chilly mornings ahead, and I'm going to do what I can until it gets too cold to be safe for me (which is mostly about cold air in my lungs; I have a good parka and silk long underwear).