So, I received some news last week and it is... interesting.

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5. i once bumped in to a hometown friend's daughter on fb.

i had known her mom, a lawyer who defended women in all kinds of circumstances, from a small, small town feminist collective. this was in the late 70’s.
i became an apprentice carpenter at the time. this young lady was an engineer for bp, working in alaska.
i asked her if she remembered me.
she- i remember all u rabble rousers. you’re the reason i’m doing what i’m doing.
man, did my heart swell.

and i had a women who did that for me, even tho i never met her. i was raised in the same house of a fairly famous artist. i grew up hearing stories about her, not all of them flattering. she cd b an epic bitch, but she was actually quite kind to ppl who werent idiots or assholes.
she had built a very crazy house on the outskirts of town. they got so many gawkers when they were building it that they put a sign out front that said- we dont like your house either.
she owned an art school, and took the train to chicago every day. she was the strangest person i ever heard of in my small town.
because of her, i knew there was a big world out there where the rules of my small town did not apply. she was part of the reason i escaped that little town and moved to the big city.

u just never know, when u drop a pebble in a pond, how far the ripples will go.