Sandpoint Community Rallies

 

I told Bill after arriving home from yesterday's "No Kings" rally in Sandpoint that I probably would not be able to remember all the friends (teachers, preachers, medical personnel, legal experts, business owners, contractors, former students, longtime Sandpointers, etc.) that I saw at the rally. 

I can vouch for the fact that these people received no payment for showing up other than big smiles and good cheer from familiar faces.  

If rally attendees came from out of town, they were most likely folks like my brother who came back to his hometown for a family visit. 

When others who know better refer to participants at these rallies as "left wing, fringe lunatics," I find it insultingly ludicrous and FAKE NEWS from non-credible sources!

It was fun couple of hours.  

Probably the only person who may not have liked attending was the big truck guy who let off black smoke from his rig into the crowd. 

Within seconds, one of Sandpoint's finest, parked just north of Courthouse, chased him down and gave him a ticket. 

No more blowing smoke after that. 

One fine rally! 

That's my oldest brother Mike, decorated Vietnam combat veteran and former Sandpoint City Council member Sue Haynes. 

Mike came over from DuPont, Wash.,  for our family siblings reunion but devoted part of yesterday to participating in the rally.

 

It was fun seeing Chrissy, one of my former students. 

Almost 97, Mary tells me.  She's still very civically active. 

YEAH!!!  and Happy 80th to my brother Kevin. 

Saturday Slight

 

Keeping it short today because we have family stuff going on this weekend. 

For the first time in 11 years, all six of us siblings will be together over the weekend. 

Eleven years is a long time in between such events, so we'll have some catching up to do and hope to have some family fun.

It all started last night with five of us gathering with other family members for Friday Night Dinner.  The sixth sibling, our oldest brother Mike, will be here today. 

Between horsing around, holding signs at a rally and topping off the day with dinner at a restaurant, we have a full schedule and another action-packed day tomorrow with a picnic.  

So, for now, I will simply say "Happy Saturday," and head off to have some family fun.  

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Cookie's and Company, Etc.

 

I transplanted some of this lettuce yesterday.  

It's been in the greenhouse for a couple of weeks, and, thanks to the sunshine this week, it's beginning to take off and to start looking like lettuce instead some just a green baby plant. 

I'm hoping that separating it into smaller clumps will make a notable difference. 

Below:  some of my 'maters are thriving also.  They need to be in separate pots, but I need to get some bigger pots before transplanting. 

Nice to have the garden off to a fairly good start, and really nice to know we have a couple of days in the 60s to give the potted plants an extra boost.  

It's fairly easy to see from the stains on the page that this recipe has gained some traction at my house. 

I baked a batch yesterday and have noticed some subtle changes in the Saran wrap protecting cookies on their kitchen-counter plates. 

Some fingers surely belonging to Bill have carefully lifted that plastic wrap to retrieve yet another sample. 

The cookies are that good.  

I had one fresh from the oven yesterday.  And, later another. 

With my colitis, I have to be careful about sugar intake, so that's my only obstacle to stuffing my mouth with cookie after cookie. 

All that said, I thought it would be fun to share the recipe along with the summary in the cookbook about Kitty Bopp. 

I can still remember see her face at church in my mind, an image etched during my childhood years.

  Kitty's daughter-in-law Catherine was my Catechism teacher, and her granddaughter Patsy was a teaching colleague. 

The recipe is one of many favorites found on now-stained pages within my copy of the St. Joseph's Church Centennial cookbook, which I not only love for its yummy recipes and stories but also the cover. 

My mother's painting of the old St. Joseph's Church, now the Heartwood Center, was chosen as the cover art.

I baked the cookies because we have a significant "company" weekend ahead with lots of folks coming and going and, of course, eating. 

I'll save the details for when they all arrive.  For now, I'm very excited to be a part of this gathering. 

Also, tomorrow we'll be joining family and friends at the Sandpoint "No Kings" rally, one of thousands scheduled across the country. 

These are actually fun and friendly events where like-minded folks get together to spread the words and thoughts that are on their minds.

Like many Americans, there is a LOT on my mind, and most of it matches that of others who will be participating. 

If you wish to know more about tomorrow's event at along the sidewalks near Community Hall and the Courthouse, check out the following link. 

Hope to see you there. 

https://www.mobilize.us/indivisible/event/906916/

This picture from this morning represents a contrast of how the days starts and how it ends---ice on the driveway mud puddles in the morning and warm temps and sunshine in the evening. 

It should be a gorgeous spring day. 

Happy Friday.