so we went for a good cool-down in the law liberry reflecting pool. i let lulu run and she was wonderful, she stayed in the pool circling round and round and then came back to me panting happily. this was soul good after the hater at the garden. and not just the cool-down, but the growing awareness that we are united, and lulu wants to be with me and knows what to do when she's free.
 

and when i was calm i thought, what a way to live, thinking everything with teeth is going to bite you, that no one has teeth simply to eat. and i thought that's the way a lot of people do live, and it's sad. that makes an ugly world.why would you want to go around in fear and prejudice and hate, even if you have been prejudiced against, maybe especially if you've been prejudiced against? i felt like i, knowing i'm identified as the dominant white class, felt the same prejudice, and felt the injustice of it, to be so identified even though i feel the oppression of the elite just as people feel the oppression of white supremacy, and i don't align with white power, i abhor it. most of my interactions are connecting, dogs are natural connectors in community, and the hate and prejudice just tears it apart, like those imaginary teeth. we all live here. we need to use our good sense, not prejudice. leave that to the fools and scoundrels who would make america hate.