2025 Life Logs, Day 59: Good Versus Evil
Date: Friday, February 28, 2025
Weather: Sunny, S Winds 15 mph: High Temp 47, Low 34 degrees F
Location: At Home on Lakeview Avenue with My Shadow, Falmouth, MA
Morning: I walked with Shadow and then drove 30 minutes one way for a 45-minute PT appointment for the neck pain I have been experiencing. I had to wait 20 minutes as the physical therapist was running late, so I didn’t get home until well after noon.
Early Afternoon: I turned on the television to watch last night’s Stephen Colbert monologue while eating lunch. This is one of my daily delights. Instead, I found myself watching replay of the disgusting, shameful, embarrassing ambush of Zelensky by the Trump-Vance team. They are just pure evil. It seems that every day I say the same words in reference to yet another Trump debacle. “Never in my lifetime did I think I would see this happening in my country.”
Mid-Afternoon: I went to see the monthly free Academy Award nominated film at the public library. This month it was SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE. This film is based on a historical fiction novella by Claire Keegan. It takes place in 1985 in a small Irish town that’s controlled by the Roman Catholic Church. Coal merchant Bill Furlong, played by Cillian Murphy, uncovers disturbing ‘secrets’ happening in the local church. Bill Furlong is the good, and Sister Mary, played by Emily Watson, is pure evil.
At this point in my day, I wanted to run away from all the evil in the world. But then …
Tonight: I attended an event in Woods Hole sponsored by Farming Falmouth. This was another film spotlighting a moral dilemma that each of us faces every day. Do you make choices that support the industrial food complex (the evil in this story) in the United States? Or do you make choices that support local food producers (the good guys) when possible? The film, FOOD AND COUNTRY, is produced and narrated by well-known food writer Ruth Reichl who says, “We all eat. But few of us know how food reaches us.” In this film, she follows the stories of farmers, ranchers, an innovative seafood grower, and chefs, focusing on the challenges and success stories of those innovators trying to create a more humaine and sustainable food system in this country. I left wanting to do a better job of buying locally. I do buy only organic, but most of my food shopping happens at Stop and Shop. From now on, I will make the extra time and money effort of buying from local food producers.
Upcoming: On Sunday, there will be a standout in support of Ukraine at noon at the Waquoit Congregational Church. If you live in the Falmouth area, I hope you can come “Stand Up for Ukraine” with me and others.
