Marching against war in 2003

It was five years ago today that Karen Blakeley and I (and my family) went to London to march in protest of the impending invasion of Iraq. What an exciting day it was. We felt like we were making our feelings known, and maybe the politicians would take notice. (Fat chance -- Tony Blair said we were misguided.)

We did have a champagne socialist moment though -- we'd been marching and marching and it was so cold that we decided to have a lunch break -- we went to the nearest place -- an upscale Italian restaurant. We hestitated before going in -- would they get upset at having anti-war protestors come in? But we ventured in anyway, parked our big "Don't Invade Iraq" placards politely near the other diners' coats and umbrellas and had a pizza and a bottle of red wine to recover our energy.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree. --Martin Luther King