Apologies to those who are suffering through frigid temperatures in the Midwest, but the Martin Luther King Day of Service event I participated in yesterday in Richmond, California, with Nanette and her kids Lee and Elena, could not have been in a more idyllic setting. The skies were achingly blue, the sun warm and shimmering on the bay, the backdrop of the Bay Bridge and the San Francisco skyline spectacular, and the several hundred volunteers who picked up trash, chopped down clumps of invasive fennel and pampas grass, and planted native seedlings all in high spirits.
"Our new president asked us to serve," said Nanette, "and here we are!"
That's Elena and Lee with me below.
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Apologies from this end as well, to those who live in what Carl Sandburg calls the "soft little cities" and in the places that Barack Obama flies over when visiting his home towns.
But my hat is off to you for getting into the new spirit of responsibility and commitment to our new era.
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