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Chad and I did the Minnesota Public Radio’s (MPR) “Bring the Sing” tonight.

At 5:53 tonight, we sat on our front step while we played Carole King’s version of “You’ve Got a Friend” via the MPR News station. We sang, sort of.

We were the only people out in on our block (although we did see one of our neighbors across the street and his new adorable puppy, Lola).

It was hokey. It was half-assed. We felt silly.

Italy it was not.

It was still pretty awesome.

I have no idea how many folks participated in this, but we felt others we couldn’t see or maybe only imagined.

We both made an effort to be around to do this together–no, our days aren’t super full right now after 5:00 but Chad had to get StanLee from daycare and I had to plan my walking and drinking. (Having StanLee at daycare made our participation by sitting on the front step much easier).

This was actually the first time we’ve sat on our front step in 20 plus years of living in our house (#notthatcomfy+dogs).

We felt connected to each other and something bigger than ourselves.

Selfies from tonight (yes, tell Chad to smile if you must…):

I also learned that I don’t really know the lyrics to “You’ve Got a Friend.”

In the days leading up to this, Chad reminded me that I confuse “Up On the Roof” with “You’ve Got a Friend.” When he said “You’ll probably sing up on the roof” I didn’t realize what he meant and thought he was being literal.

So remember, winter, spring, summer or fall (or quarantine) all you’ve got to do is call (or, preferably, text or e-mail and then we can schedule a time to Zoom) and you’ve got a friend. Not necessarily a good or sober friend, but a friend.