i was going to say what a difference a day makes, but i'm cautious. the car bully receded with yesterday. we are intact. the winds increase and the wavecrush makes rainbows over seawall and footpath.

there's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. i wish i could keep them all away from you. that's never possible. atticus finch.

i think the incentive to mentor children, or work with dogs, comes of that impulse to rescue and save and foster and protect the child bullied by the world. the lost child.
and i want gregory peck, who the real life Scout still calls Atticus Finch, to mentor me. the scene in mockingbird where the racist bully spits in his face and he walks on, that's inspiring.