I had good intentions when I sat down at the computer tonight, I really did. I didn’t know what I wanted to write about, but I honestly intended to crank out those one thousand words about…something.
I’ll be honest. It’s been a busy week and my mind and my tasks have been all OVER the place. I’m doing research on a topic that might not bear fruit for years. I’m [waking up] thinking about what I need to do to help my department(s) prepare for the coming academic year. I’m bracing myself for the workload of this fall’s graduate course in higher education leadership. I’ll have two sons in college and my youngest son in his senior year of high school. I have Secret Projects About Which Nothing Shall Be Revealed Until Afterwards. And it’s Sunday night, so I’m also finishing the laundry for the week.
I sat here for a while, and what came to mind was the rainbow. Good people in Waukesha County, Wisconsin, Google it, have been making Good Trouble for the last couple of years over their support of other good people who support the students in their school district.
The Minocqua Brewing Company has been “shut down” by officials who don’t have the authority to shut it down, in part because of the company’s support of Progressive policies and persons who find community and shelter under a rainbow umbrella. When some businesses need to follow the rules and others don’t, that’s called “selective enforcement.”
So I did a Google search for CHASING RAINBOWS and I discovered a lovely song by John Mellencamp that was released on the 2022 album “Strictly a One-Eyed Jack.”
You can listen to it, and watch it, here: https://youtu.be/TMUpq8fIXKw
Here is “Chasing Rainbows” by Big Freedia and Kesha: https://youtu.be/ZlNI7UhRoyc
Please let the message sink in. There are folks out there who could use your support and protection. All human beings deserve human rights. If you need a minute to think about that before you come around, take the time. We’re waiting for you.
Then celebrate with Irish band The High Kings and their own “Chasing Rainbows”: https://youtu.be/46jAXMq7esQ
Knitwise, you know the drill. No stitches added, no stitches removed. No net gain, no net loss. It’s all good.
Chocolate Sheep 