Waiting for Spring to Spread the Word!
The first few posts were in the early winter.
We're waiting for the good weather before spreading the word about Free Hellos DC.
More soon!
Why Free Hellos?
Although I've lived on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC for 21 years, I still haven't gotten used to walking past another person, on an empty street, and have them act like I'm invisible. I understand that people can have a lot on their minds and be absorbed in thought. I also understand that some young people have to be cautious about interacting with strangers. But I find too many cases where I'm just confused by the way people act! By my general appearence - I have gray hair - I am classified as an "old man." When another "old man" passes me by and looks blindly ahead like a zombie, I can't easily make sense out of that! The basis for my complaint about the level of interactions I experience from day to day is that it's dystopian. If you made a sci-fi movie about a future where people walk around like zombies and don't have any interactions, that future would be cold and sad. Yet, that's my day to day reality here in DC. I can't ...
Also, I have a big project to finish up over the next few weeks, so it probably won't be until late Spring that Free Hellos DC gets going.
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