But I rode my bike without a helmet to deliver absentee ballots to people who live at the edge of my ward which means several blocks from our house.

Why didn’t I ever think of riding my bike before? It was so much easier than driving where you stop, park, turn off the car, walk, return to car, turn car on, drive to next destination and repeat multiple times.

So much easier.

And while delivering absentee ballots, I met a young man who was walking two dogs which kept getting tangled up in their leashes. Turns out he is a local college student and earns money taking care of dogs. Score! I might have found a weekend dog babysitter because he actually lives in the house when he takes care of the dogs.

I have another precinct to do tomorrow and will use my bike.

Then riding home, I saw a neighbor out working on his yard pulling up weeds (strong Democrat who supported me last year in my unsuccessful bid to become township commissioner). We talked about how we might need paper ballots and lots of other stuff — such as how white people who look like us (our age, etc) are assumed to be on the wrong side (i.e. tRump supporters). But we are not. Then I asked if he would want to be an appointed Democratic committee person for our ward. He demurred but said his wife might. SCORE!

Then I biked home to start weeding my yard.

But happy note. Look at the flowers which were blooming! The three sunflowers were planted as baby seedlings by our daughter in the spring.