You probably didn't notice there hadn't been a post for a while. That's okay, I understand; it's been nice out, we're allowed to carefully socialize, the pools are open(!) and there's been many more important things in the news to pay attention to.
I've still been writing. I finished and submitted my short story after much agonizing over revisions.
I've actually started several posts within the last few weeks. But nothing I wrote seemed to express the restless, uneasy time I was going through.
I wrote one about how I'm not ready for quarantine to end.
Another on books coming out in May (old news now).
Another about quarantine ending before our story has fully played out.
Where are the lessons learned? Where is the enlightenment we were supposed to reach? Where are the world leaders banding together to enforce the changes we saw were necessary--and possible?
And then George Floyd was murdered and protests started and anything I wrote seemed insignificant compared to supporting black people and the systemic racism they live with everyday. I hope the protests continue until something changes or something snaps.
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I'm currently reading Just Mercy which I had on reserve since February and had probably been sitting in the library for months before we could finally pick up reserves. Very timely, since it is an account of a lawyer's pursuit of justice, equality and compassion for (the predominantly) black and poor people caught up in the criminal justice system. It's pretty shocking at times and a sad testament to how this country treats its weakest. 
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