Out and About – Summer 2020

Okay, so I’m way behind in documenting the events of last year – a year significant for being a pandemic year, among other things. Here today at least are the images that comprise the latest installment of The Wild Reed’s “Out and About” series.

Over the course of the following days and weeks (hopefully not months!) I’ll add commentary and descriptions. Until then, enjoy these images of my experience of the summer of 2020 in Minnesota, USA.

NEXT: Out and About – Autumn 2020

Summer 2020 Wild Reed posts of note:
• On This Summer Solstice, A Proclamation of the Power of Fire
• Helpful Rebuttals to Racist Talking Points
• Zaylore Stout on Pride 2020: “What Do We Have to Be Proud Of?”
• Francis DeBernardo on the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Title VII: “A Reason for All Catholics to Celebrate”
• Mia Birdsong on the “Queering of Friendship”
• The Distinguished Rhone Fraser: Cultural Critic, Bibliophile, and Dramatist
• “To Walk the World Without Masks”
• From the Palliative/Spiritual Care Bookshelf | II | III | IV | V
• Buffy Sainte-Marie's “America the Beautiful”
• What We Are Hoping and Fighting For
• Mbemba Diebaté
• O Breath of Summer
• Icon of Justice: Honoring the Life and Legacy of John Lewis, 1940-2020
• “Fascism Is Upon Us”
• In Uptown and Beyond, Murals Honor George Floyd and Call for an End to Systemic Racism
• “We Have an Emergency On Our Hands”: Marianne Williamson On the “Freefall” of American Democracy
• Happy Birthday, Kate!
• Swallowtail
• Vulnerability Is Power
• Floating Skyscrapers Reflects Its Country of Origin’s Ongoing Tensions Between Denial and Desire
• Ricardo Levins Morales on the “Deepest Political Fault Line” Separating Democrats Ilhan Omar and Antone Melton-Meaux
• Progressive Perspectives on the Biden-Harris Ticket
• Respite By the River
• My Summer of Supporting Progressive Down-Ballot Candidates
• Daby Touré: “African Music Is Everywhere”
• Eight Leading Progressive Voices on Why They’re Voting for Biden
• Remembering Chadwick Boseman
• Marianne Williamson on the Movement for a People’s Party
• Ben Hewitt on the 40th Anniversary of Kate Bush’s Never for Ever
• Dancer Calvin Royal III: Stepping Into His Light
• Hold Them to Their Word
• Mysticism and Revolution

See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• Out and About – Spring 2020
• Out and About – Winter 2019-2020
• Out and About – Autumn 2019
• Out and About – Spring & Summer 2019

For previous Out and About series, see: 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020

Images: Michael J. Bayly.