2026 Life Logs, Day 10: Rally on the Falmouth Green, Sam Off to the Netherlands
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026
Weather: Overcast, Warm for Winter, with Rain Late; High 49, Low Temp 38 degrees F
Location: At Home with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
It was a day of emotions. I spent part of my morning making a few new rally signs to share with others at our Saturday rally on the Green. Today’s rally was in honor of Renee Nicole Good. Indivisible groups all around the country were holding ‘ICE Out for Good’ rallies today in her honor. We had about 375 people and we hugged, we mourned, we sang, and we hope that each person left the rally more determined than when they came to get involved in this fight for our democracy, for our humanity. Unbeknownst to me ahead of time, the keynote speaker today was Heather. She texted me yesterday to ask if Indivisible Falmouth was having a moment of silence during our rally today for the young woman murdered by federal government agents in Minneapolis. I said that we were, and she said she would go with me. Soon after we arrived, I realized she was going to be a speaker. And speak she did. Heather spoke from her heart, without notes, making reference to the situations of people she had talked to on Green today; citizens of Falmouth who are deeply saddened by the state of affairs in our country, people whose families didn’t come because they don’t ‘look like Americans’ and are fearful of showing up in public, and others who are just desperate to figure out what they can do about the situation we are in.
I am always the ever and always proud mother of Heather and Justin and my five grandchildren, but this afternoon I was bursting with pride for Heather who serves on out town Select Board and said words today to help heal and inspire people and for Justin, who when we could find no one locally to do it, built a website for Indivisible Falmouth and then supported the Upper Cape immigrant population by getting all of the Immigrant Rights Coalition help documents for immigrants on it so they can easily access them. Both Heather and Justin are dedicated to public service.in one way or another. I have never been prouder.
Then a couple of hours after returning home from the rally, Heather and Sam dropped by so I could give Sam a farewell hug. His flight did leave on time at 7 pm, so hopefully he will be able to land early tomorrow morning in Amsterdam. They have been having cold weather and snow that has brought the airport to a standstill a few times over the past week. It warms up tomorrow, but today and tonight it is below freezing. We will all feel much better once we know he is on the ground in Amsterdam and starts the bus and train trek to Groningen.
