Tucon Pink or The Amazing Nancy Hill
As I drive into Tucson and look for the corner I’m supposed to hook up with CodePINK women, there is Nancy Hill standing amongst a cacophony of hot pink in the frigid cold, fading daylight, smiling, waving, and giving all 4 lanes of traffic in 4 directions the peace symbol!
She is a one-womon flash of hot pink and positive Peace energy!
Liz has driven down from Phoenix to participate in this demo. Soon we are joined by several other women so we are now on 2 catty-corners. One womon’s sign reads: “Leave my child behind”.
Nancy has also brought the huge banner from the Raging Grannies “Bring our Troops Home NOW”. We are visible from every direction for blocks, I’m sure.
Like most places, we get tons of positive honks, waves, peace symbols – maybe “only” 2 fuck yous. I remember way back to almost the beginning and the intense white male testosterone rage that seemed to blanket this area. Now there’s just a meager handful lingering.
We meet afterwards at a coffee shop that Rae & I happened to stop by once years ago – where there was a middle-aged white man playing a guitar and singing “anybody but bush” songs in our honor!
Tonite is quiet – Nancy so generously treats me to dinner and then takes me to her lovely home with her. I’ll get a good nite’s sleep and then off to my first “Peace-In” stop in Las Cruces New Mexico for noon. I’ll leave here by 6:00a.m.
She is a one-womon flash of hot pink and positive Peace energy!
Liz has driven down from Phoenix to participate in this demo. Soon we are joined by several other women so we are now on 2 catty-corners. One womon’s sign reads: “Leave my child behind”.
Nancy has also brought the huge banner from the Raging Grannies “Bring our Troops Home NOW”. We are visible from every direction for blocks, I’m sure.
Like most places, we get tons of positive honks, waves, peace symbols – maybe “only” 2 fuck yous. I remember way back to almost the beginning and the intense white male testosterone rage that seemed to blanket this area. Now there’s just a meager handful lingering.
We meet afterwards at a coffee shop that Rae & I happened to stop by once years ago – where there was a middle-aged white man playing a guitar and singing “anybody but bush” songs in our honor!
Tonite is quiet – Nancy so generously treats me to dinner and then takes me to her lovely home with her. I’ll get a good nite’s sleep and then off to my first “Peace-In” stop in Las Cruces New Mexico for noon. I’ll leave here by 6:00a.m.
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