Thanks for putting all my feelings into words, and for inspiring us to "make good trouble". Your Wendell Berry quote was spot on! I must share with you that I too cannot physically be the activist I was in the 60s, but just two days ago a friend of a mutual friend of ours offered her services, and I was able to "do something". I don't even know her, but she opened a door for me through Facebook, my only source of "news", which I check twice a day on my old desktop computer. I don't have a TV, I don't text or use a smartphone, and the only newspaper I read is the weekly Boothbay Register. This woman is an interfaith minister from Portland, and she will officiate weddings for the LBGTQ+ folks who may fear they won't be able to get married in the near future. So, as a commissioned Notary Public in one of the few states that allow this service, I'm offering to marry couples, for no fee, if they will come to me or to a venue within an hour's drive from Boothbay Harbor. The response I've gotten has been absolutely mind-blowing! My heart is happy!
The name of your Substack gives us our cue:. We will all be seeking to transmute adversity in he coming weeks and months. Thank you for this.
Thanks for putting all my feelings into words, and for inspiring us to "make good trouble". Your Wendell Berry quote was spot on! I must share with you that I too cannot physically be the activist I was in the 60s, but just two days ago a friend of a mutual friend of ours offered her services, and I was able to "do something". I don't even know her, but she opened a door for me through Facebook, my only source of "news", which I check twice a day on my old desktop computer. I don't have a TV, I don't text or use a smartphone, and the only newspaper I read is the weekly Boothbay Register. This woman is an interfaith minister from Portland, and she will officiate weddings for the LBGTQ+ folks who may fear they won't be able to get married in the near future. So, as a commissioned Notary Public in one of the few states that allow this service, I'm offering to marry couples, for no fee, if they will come to me or to a venue within an hour's drive from Boothbay Harbor. The response I've gotten has been absolutely mind-blowing! My heart is happy!