Martin Luther King Parade

Today we were invited to participate in the Baldwin Martin Luther King parade. Many from our project walked the mile or so parade and others met us at the Methodist church for the program. I did the walk while Bob worked with the project. This was the first time that I’ve participated in any MLK activity. It was a very interesting experience. One thing that I noticed right away was that out of the 100 or so walkers, other than those of us from Sager Brown (about 20), there were less than 5 white people. I don’t know if this is because the local white population is uninterested in MLK day or if there is still a wide gulf between the blacks and whites here. The focus of the message communicated during the program was for the young people to continue the work started by Martin Luther King for equal rights for all races.

Here is a picture of the walk and one of the program at the church.

Bob spent the day working on a house in the community. The weather has warmed up (63 degrees) and it was very hot in this house. There is a lot of work needed – lifting it up, putting in a new floors, etc.  About 5 people worked here last week, and another 7 or 8 today; we are still not done. It needed a LOT of work, and it won’t be great when we are done, but it will be better.

I continued to make baby blankets this afternoon. They are being packaged for shipments as fast as we create them. It’s very fulfilling to see the fruits of your labor right away. Not like the corporate world!!

Speaking of the corporate world – we are still acclimating to retirement. We decided to go to New Orleans when we’re done here on Friday. Bob made reservations for Friday and Saturday night at a state park. As we thought about this yesterday, we were not excited about driving on Sunday. Then we remembered – we’re RETIRED! We don’t have to leave on Sunday but can extend our stay to Monday and travel when there’s less traffic. Duh!! We’ll get used to this yet!