Illustration by Christopher Silas Neal
Being one of the early-birds at work, I have to leave my house in Alameda very early…6:30am! As I was driving to work this morning, there was a beautiful frost over everything. (Those of you in Northern California know that this doesn’t happen very often.) Even though it is nose-freezingly cold, it’s pretty great to have a winter white morning!
I was listening the radio when the news came on, and as usual, it wasn’t good news. As the newscaster spoke of how our state is quickly running out of money, my mind began to drift to all that I had to do for the day, the holiday craziness, and my boyfriend’s birthday fast approaching.
But I couldn’t get my mind completely off the news and the people who have hit really hard times during this especially cold holiday season. As I pulled into the driveway shrouded with fog, I determined that for the rest of the presents that I have to buy (which is, um, pretty much all of them), I’m going to purposefully buy them locally. I want to do my part in stimulating the economy and support the local businesses. More than ever, now is the time to stick together and support our community, don’t you think?
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I couldn’t agree more.
Yes – buy local – and buy handmade when you can, crafters unite!
You’re so wise for one so young.
Do you live in a cartoon house.? How cool..
I think we should just give each other a big hug and laugh a lot for Christmas ! I just love homemade stuff… because the person who made it … did it just for me…..