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a walk with my parents dog. A cute little dog that everyone smiles at. It was a beautiful day and this was in a very blue area. I ran into an older guy pushing a stroller with an infant, maybe a year old. I assumed he was the Grandpa. We passed on the sidewalk and he had a big smile and asked "How you doing?" I replied "Pretty good, how you doing?" He said, smiling "I'm doing great."

This didn't strike me for a minute as some kind of Maga guy, it was just some grampa, pushing their grandchild in a stroller on a beautiful day in May. I looked down at the little person in the stroller, smiled and waved and got a smile back. That alone made my day.

Then on the next street some guy with a bicycle contraption that had some little carriage for a toddler glided by on the street, gave a friendly nod, I nodded back.

I just mention this because in this toxic political environment I felt something the exact opposite today on this walk, and it made me feel hopeful.