Some interesting aspects to yesterday’s weekly pro democracy protest in #Mamaroneck. We had the Walkabout Clearwater Chorus lead us in singing a few protest songs, a great new banner, and our first counter-protest group, such as it was. A group of 5 or so teenage boys brought a Trump flag and set up adjacent to our group. They were not aggressive, and mostly we didn’t interact, although a few older women from our group did try to engage them in friendly conversation, without much success.

Wonderful to have a spell of warmer weather as spring approaches. My thoughts turn to gardening and puttering around outside. Unfortunately the lawn services thoughts are turned to getting their gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers tuned up for another season of mowing and blowing with the accompanying noise and air pollution. Another year and the ongoing battle to get the village of #Mamaroneck to actually enforce its ban on gas-powered leaf blowers continues.

We had a good turnout at yesterday’s #Mamaroneck anti-fascist protest. Lots of support from passersby on a day Trump decided to go to war with Iran. We did have one screamer, a 30 something male passenger who leaned out the window, took a deep breath, and screamed “Go Fuck Yourselves!”. I’m afraid with the warmer weather the screamers are back. One way to view to screamers is as hit and runners. They belt out their verbal assault and then quickly drive away, gloating in having so owned the libs.

Weather here in #Mamaroneck at 5am this morning. Blizzard like conditions expected for the rest of the morning.

The cold spell is finally breaking here in #mamaroneck. Central heating really is a most wonderful invention.

Our little weekly #Mamaroneck Saturday protest for democracy, decency, truth and justice is starting on its second year today. Every week for the past 52 weeks a group of us has gathered to stand up against Trump’s increasingly overt fascism. We’ve gathered in rain and snow, in extreme heat and frigid cold, with much support from passing motorists, and relatively few demonstrations of disrespect and disagreement. We come away each week reenergized and recommitted to building better communities.

Another 5 days of sub freezing temperatures ahead of us here in #Mamaroneck. In more ways than one it is the winter of our miscontent.

Yesterday was the 51st consecutive Saturday protest in my little village of #Mamaroneck. It was cold but not nearly as cold as last week. A good turnout (~100) for the hour of protest and short memorial service for Alex Pretti. Passing drivers were VERY supportive, the most I can remember. A stylishly dressed woman passenger in a high-end AUDI SUV casually raised her leather-gloved right hand and expressed her disdain. I’d love to know what poisonous thoughts are bouncing around in her brain.

Thie snow maidens are ready should ICE turn up in #Mamaroneck.

#SnowBeatsICE

Sticker handed out at our weekly #Mamaroneck protest.