All around the town.

if my day began, possibly, with me eating just a bit too much buttermilk waffle to make me entirely comfortable, and if, nonetheless, my son and I did a fairly thorough cleaning of the kitchen this morning, and if all of us took the dog for a walk in the cool morning, after the waffles but before the cleaning--

if then we went to take the crutches to my youngest son (he's had enough rough action on his legs--torn ACL, another surgery, etc. that we definitely can call them The Crutches) because of a sprained ankle, and if, at his apartment, the grandsons played 3D Super Mario World (I think that's right) on his enormous television while I fell asleep for 20 minutes, and if then we went to the City Library, where there was a puppet show in the children's library, and the AltPress Fest in the Urban Room, and so plenty of interest for all--

These are people of the ink. At the #altpressfest, #saltlakecitylibrary.

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and if, then, I went to hear a very long time community activist speak, along with an activist former mayor, at an event the historian helped to organize, and was reminded again of what it means to put one's talk into action,

Archie Archuleta, talking about his storied history of activism, on the occasion of his 80th birthday.

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and if from there I went to swim with grandchildren and children in the beautiful evening--

Eatin' chips, wearin' a floatie at the #pool. #gwenlife

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and then came home to read stories and sing songs and sit in the quiet with a quiet, resting dog, but before that, I went out and saw these:

Just pink.

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& more pink

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& this pink & gold glory

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--then I am going to call that a very good day indeed.