Saw the sparrows in the alley picking twigs up

[sovay]

Because it is springtime in New England, it snowed this morning.



I am coming into Pesach furious, not with the holiday, but the circumstances under which it is happening. The most, the very most important part of the Seder as observed by my family, the stripped-down, fire-and-the-place-in-the-forest core, is to open the door to the stranger. To offer them shelter and succour, to share food and freedom, not to answer the Four Questions with FYGM. And I am living in a country that makes me feel maddened not even with its indifference but with its gleeful spectacle of cruelty toward the stranger which just makes me want to go with my bare hands. Of course I am glad of this amicus brief, but what's to be glad about the the necessity of it? For travel-related reasons, my family is not holding a Seder tonight, so I will open the door, offer the wine and the matzah, say the words, try not to scream them. Next year in freedom, my mother has said for years. Zero-sum games cost us everything.

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[redbird]

It feels similar here, doing a seder with just the three of us who live here. I just told Adrian about your mother's "next year in freedom," and we're going to use it.

[sovay]

It feels similar here, doing a seder with just the three of us who live here. I just told Adrian about your mother's "next year in freedom," and we're going to use it.

I'll tell her! She will be happy to hear it's shared. Amen.

[redbird]

Thank you.

[gwynnega]

Yes to all of this.

[sovay]

Yes to all of this.

*hugs*

[thedarlingone]

Next year in freedom for us all.

[sovay]

Next year in freedom for us all.

Amen.

[nineweaving]

Let them in.

*hugs*

Nine

[sovay]

Let them in.

Lomir Nikolaykelen tsebrekhn di vent.

*hugs*

[selkie]

I can’t stop crying. I mean, I’m an absurd snuffly crybaby, but we have paperhanging and amicus briefs and they have Black Marias.
I suppose next year, mosin-nagants is the wrong sort of spirit.
*hugs*

[sovay]

I suppose next year, mosin-nagants is the wrong sort of spirit.

If we need them, and until then, we keep the shells moving. Next year in getting to take a break.

*hugs*

[selkie]

*hugs*

It would be nice if I didn't have to accord anyone Big Dog privilege because the local vibe has a bad case of ick. On the other hand, no one expects the Big Dog to be one hundred and seven pounds slightly damp.

[sholio]

I hope that in spite of the many extenuating circumstances, the holiday is a lovely time and you find joy and peace in it. ♥ ♥ ♥

[sovay]

I hope that in spite of the many extenuating circumstances, the holiday is a lovely time and you find joy and peace in it.

Thank you! I ended up making charoses after all. And I opened the door.

*hugs*

[genarti]

Hear fucking hear. <3333

We do what we can, I guess, even when it's just opening the small local doors where we can, as we can, to everyone we can.

[sovay]

We do what we can, I guess, even when it's just opening the small local doors where we can, as we can, to everyone we can.

Amen.

*hugs*

[lokifan]

Ugh, yes. It's so infuriating. Starmer saying there'll be no citizenship ever for people who take dangerous routes to the UK, when he won't provide a safe one.

[sovay]

Ugh, yes. It's so infuriating. Starmer saying there'll be no citizenship ever for people who take dangerous routes to the UK, when he won't provide a safe one.

Feh!

I also hate rigged games and they seem to be everywhere.

[asakiyume]

I also hate rigged games and they seem to be everywhere.

Same, and yeah. Dammit.

[vass]

Next year in freedom.

[sovay]

Next year in freedom.

Amen.

[thistleingrey]

Yes.

[sovay]

Yes.

*hugs*

[adrian_turtle]

I am so frustrated that my country is moving farther from liberation. And on a smaller scale, I hate that Covid continues to frustrate all my desire to be hospitable. Even our tiny covid-safe seder used all the spoons in the house.

Thursday's "Seder in the Streets" may be more satisfying. If Not Now is having a Seder at City Hall; not merely in the location sense of "at" but also in the sense of remembering liberation at the government, throwing it in their teeth while saying none are free until all are free. I hope to go, health permitting.
https://www.mobilize.us/ifnotnow/event/769347/

[sovay]

I am so frustrated that my country is moving farther from liberation. And on a smaller scale, I hate that Covid continues to frustrate all my desire to be hospitable. Even our tiny covid-safe seder used all the spoons in the house.

Yes. All of my major family holidays until 2020 involved massive invitation. The world is so locked down and the pretense that it isn't—that any awareness of ongoing pandemic is just malingering and paranoia—is also enraging.

If Not Now is having a Seder at City Hall; not merely in the location sense of "at" but also in the sense of remembering liberation at the government, throwing it in their teeth while saying none are free until all are free. I hope to go, health permitting.

Thank you for letting me know about this.

[choco_frosh]

:(

[sovay]

:(

*hugs*

[larryhammer]

Next year in freedom.

[sovay]

Next year in freedom.

Amen.

[asakiyume]

Zero-sum games cost us everything.

Yes. Literally: you end up with zero.

[sovay]

Yes. Literally: you end up with zero.

I've never seen them work any other way!