20200702 WRITING - DAY 2

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Introduction

I have decided to try my hands at writing (typing).  Today is Day 1.  I am following the advice of Jeff Goins in YOU ARE A WRITER.

Today, I will "show up for work," and give it a go.  For 7 days, I will return to the work I've done the previous day, and edit it as Goins directs.

After 7 days, I will publish it here.

My plan is to write for 1 hour in the morning, and for a 2nd hour in the afternoon.  This might change; I might begin writing early each morning for let's say..... 3-4 hours.  It will depend on how the 1st week goes.

While "others" are reading my 1st work, I will be starting on a 2nd work.

1st work will be based on a tee shirt I have worn for years:  "GEORGIA'S STONE MOUNTAIN"

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So, today I'll write my random thoughts about the tee shirt.

It was given to me by my former signifant other, Ed Ross.  He had visited Atlanta and had gone to see the Stone Mountain monument.  It has carvings of 3 confederate generals (Lee, Jackson, Davis) on horseback.

I had never even known that it was a monument to these 3 who were enemies of the Union, slavery supporters, and fought against freedom and equality for black Americans.

Today we're considering in the USA whether we should have monuments to confederate soldiers and leaders ANYwhere in our country.  Mississippi decided THIS WEEK to remove the confederate part of their State flag.  Wow - more than 150 years after the South lost the Civil War!  And some Southerners STILL want to keep the flag, and the monuments.

Well, my tee shirt was a gift that I've been wearing - UNKNOWINGLY supporting the confederacy - for more than 20 years.  I'm sure that some have seen it and wondered why I would wear it.

I wore it because it was a gift, and nothing more.  When I wore out a bit, I began wearing it as a workout tee shirt, and likely people at the gym saw me wear it.  Maybe they wondered why I would wear it.

I cycle everything:  socks, belts, shoes, towels.... EVERYthing.  I'd like the things I own to wear out evenly.  So, I wash, dry and fold my gym workout clothes, and I put them at the bottom of the stack.  That way, I'll pick & wear my clothes evenly.

So 2 days ago, I noticed that the "GEORGIA'S STONE MOUNTAIN" tee shirt was next.  I grabbed it and a pair of scissors, and I cut the image of Lee, Davis and Stonewall right through their faces.

Then I rolled them up into a ball and tossed them into my trash can.  Where they belong.