Civic Organizations

It was (GirlSquad - 1) + (1 non-GirlSquad): Becky was off in the Bronx recuperating from a Bad Domestic Situation & Ellen brought along her neighbor, Mary, who, despite being named after Jesus's mother, is of Ukrainian Jewish descent and was very high up in some NYC-based government financial organization before her retirement.

"I've met you several times before," Mary told me.

I didn't remember.

We had fun character-assassinating everyone we knew! In a tiny hamlet like Wallkill, mostly filled with stupid people—hey! they voted for Trump!—the same 30 people rotate through every civic organization: the Library Board, the Volunteer Fire Department Board, Vision of Wallkill, the Shawangunk Dems, the Wallkill Woman's Club—

"So what's up with this Woman's Club anyway?" I asked. "Do they host consciousness-raising meetings about taking down the patriarchy? Do they teach you how to find—& stimulate!—yr own G-spot?"

"No, silly," Ellen said. "They hold raffles! For quilts! And then they donate the money to civic causes—"

"What civic causes?"

"Who knows? Maybe keeping Wallkill safe from supermarkets."

"Well, hey! Wallkill has a liquor store! Who needs groceries?"

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Other than that, I Remunerated all day & didn't accomplish nearly enough.

My To-Do list is five miles long.