So, another exciting Saturday night. Not even 8 o’clock and my boys are out cold. J is napping. And the little man fell asleep…in my comfy chair. I’ll have to transfer him to his bed soon. Can’t blame them. It was a rather busy day. The monkey started it out by waking up way too early. Especially as he’d stayed up too late last night, entertaining our dinner guests. But this afternoon the three of us headed Uptown, for the anti-war demo. Good friends of ours live near enough to the rally starting point, so we parked at their house and headed over together. We marvelled that in all our years of activism we’d never seen such a large turnout at any event. Or perhaps at all events combined. Estimates range from 7,500 to 10,000. In Minneapolis that is a pretty big deal. One eerie thing for me…it was twelve years ago that I attended a rally in the same area. For something altogether too similar. Protesting Papa Bush’s actions in the Persian Gulf. The weather was about the same too. Temps in the teens. But we were pretty well bundled up today. Unfortunately the stroller didn’t do very well over ice, snow and slush. So the guys went on without us for the entire march. While the little man and I made our way more slowly. Then stopped altogether…to warm up at the Tea Garden. A few other parents had the same idea, so our kids played while we commiserated. Afterwards the monkey and I headed back to the home base. And watched “My Neighbor Totoro” while waiting for the guys to return. All in all, an interesting day. Photos from worldwide rallies can be seen here, here and here.
