The march!

The march outside the home of the Deputy Mayor took place with about 20 of us marching and singing---cityboy actually remained a bit on the sidelines, talking to people passing by and recommending an article in the now defunct Village Voice that describes this woman's developer oriented vision for the city---the vision BAN protested yesterday.
  As far as ambivalent feelings---well they were unjustified. Most passers by seemed stunned just to see protesters in their neighborhood. Many stopped to talk and read the flyers, and most were either impressed or encouraging .Did not see anybody that I knew, and I held a placard while talking to people for about an hour and a half. When it was over, I was tired, and desperately needed some coffee and sugar, which I found about 5 blocks away at the Greek Diner on 100th street. Great coffee, which I really needed, and some nice pound cake. After that returned home and slept for a while---the rest of the evening was slow---did a lot of reading of And The Band Played On--almost finished with it---and listened to some music.
 No work again today---really surprised that I have not been called---this is the fifth day not at Friends. There is some good news in that---I can go to a forum at Jack in Brooklyn on the subject of reparations and race in general. This is a discussion that I really wanted to attend and participate in--I could not do it, if I was called to work. On the other hand, with the exception of one e-mail, requesting me to work the first two days of next week--there has been no word from the Friends faculty asking for my services, not even a text requesting some time later in the month or in February. Well, I have five days beginning Wednesday and one on the following Friday; that should give me time to see if my not being hired is simply a result of no teacher being absent (a sub can't be hired unless someone is sick, right?), or something more "nefarious".  Still, since I am so integrated into the Friends community, there is something that makes me feel alienated and a bit alone when I am not contacted for some time. Well, let's see how it all plays out.
  Anything else? Not really--will report on all events as soon as possible.