The Burrow

Little Cuter was  so proud of (her) little blue county in a big red state coming together for the sake of common sense. She and SIR and FlapJilly took Giblet to his first march on Saturday evening, and though the weather was frigid, their hearts were warm. FlapJilly asked to wear her Wonder Woman costume and we said HELL YES because what we need is peace, love, and harmony ,   so peeking from beneath her winter jacket and and hat-with-ear-flaps-in-MARCH-for-crying-out-loud, is a 3 year old's expression of the power of children. As my daughter went on,   it’s the kids - from 3 to 18 - showing us how it’s done .   And show them they did.   The piece Little Cuter wanted me to share with you is this Spoken Word by Ben Fecher, a high school senior, called We The People.       It's kids like this that inspire me.  Yes, Everytown  and Gabby Giffords 's PAC provided introductions and financing and logistical support, but...

I love the notion of Sibling Marches. I was brave enough to go to ours. I was smart enough not to walk the 1.8 miles from downtown to the UofA Mall. with the 7,000 or so who did.   Instead, I went straight to the rally site, minimizing the distance between The Uv and my exit. It was a multi-age crowd; I was tasked with keeping the able bodied out of the chairs and spaces reserved for the disabled and those with wheelchairs and walkers. We watched the marchers join us on the Mall.  Children already scarred by gun violence  carried banners of the murdered and the inspiring  Two of my favorite politicians, Daniel Hernandez and Billy Kovacs, were there.  Billy facilitated the behind the scenes logistics, and was there, moving tables and attaching signs and doing what was needed when it was needed with a smile on his face and no name tag identifying him as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the US House of Represen...