theme song: should i stay or should i go
2021-Jul-01, Thursday 10:10 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mellowtiggerIt's only 9am, but it's already hot and muggy outside. The forecast for the July 4th holiday is even worse. That doesn't bode well for tempers.
Someone posted photos on NextDoor (you probably can't access the link unless you're a user who is registered in Minneapolis) of at least 2 house windows with holes in them from stray bullets. There was gunfire at the gas station about 2 blocks from my house, and stray bullets entered their house. Separately, the grandmother of one of the local children hit by stray bullets has asked the community for help in locating the shooter. Local cars are moving with no regard to traffic signals or even car license plates. It's a worse year than usual. The local statistics back up my recent pessimism.
There is, however, the other side of the proverbial coin. People are trying other things to help ease the mental trauma and environmental hazard of living here. People want to hope for better days. This morning, I stopped to take this photo of a nice yard sign, across the street from the Northside Healing Space. I'm sure there isn't just one solution to these widespread problems. The issues are systemic, so we need every remedy. Try everything. Fund the community programs, so problems are diverted before they ever reach the point where someone needs to call 911 for emergency help.
Those are my kind of people, putting up their peacenik signs. I also noticed today that there are not just 1 but 2 rainbow flags in my Jordan neighborhood now. There were zero for many years. I didn't want to be the first. I might officially add a 3rd someday, if I eventually choose to stay here, which really is my preference.
But it's all confusing, so I keep thinking of this single phrase from a song on a very different topic... "should I stay or should I go?"
I'm still job hunting, so I can stay here. I'm still doing chores as if I will be gone a year from now.
Someone posted photos on NextDoor (you probably can't access the link unless you're a user who is registered in Minneapolis) of at least 2 house windows with holes in them from stray bullets. There was gunfire at the gas station about 2 blocks from my house, and stray bullets entered their house. Separately, the grandmother of one of the local children hit by stray bullets has asked the community for help in locating the shooter. Local cars are moving with no regard to traffic signals or even car license plates. It's a worse year than usual. The local statistics back up my recent pessimism.
There is, however, the other side of the proverbial coin. People are trying other things to help ease the mental trauma and environmental hazard of living here. People want to hope for better days. This morning, I stopped to take this photo of a nice yard sign, across the street from the Northside Healing Space. I'm sure there isn't just one solution to these widespread problems. The issues are systemic, so we need every remedy. Try everything. Fund the community programs, so problems are diverted before they ever reach the point where someone needs to call 911 for emergency help.Those are my kind of people, putting up their peacenik signs. I also noticed today that there are not just 1 but 2 rainbow flags in my Jordan neighborhood now. There were zero for many years. I didn't want to be the first. I might officially add a 3rd someday, if I eventually choose to stay here, which really is my preference.
But it's all confusing, so I keep thinking of this single phrase from a song on a very different topic... "should I stay or should I go?"
I'm still job hunting, so I can stay here. I'm still doing chores as if I will be gone a year from now.
- I'm trying to get a dental appointment. Very hard to do. Everyone's overbooked for months.
- I have an optician appointment for August.
- I'm trying to get a handyman to hang a new patio door for me.
- I have a plumber appointment for next week.
- I finally fixed the broken car door lock.
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Date: 2021-Jul-02, Friday 12:21 am (UTC)