I thank all the wonderful folks (all of whom I remember) who came out to Brews on Wednesday night, November 12, to show support for my writing and for my book, Better Angels.
The support was so strong that I sold out of all the physical copies I brought—a testament to the local community’s generosity and goodwill.
Unfortunately, I only had a limited number of paperbacks, and I know some people missed out. If you weren’t able to get a copy, you can always find one on Amazon.
My gratitude also goes to the Eureka Springs Independent for the opportunity to write and for their ongoing support, as well as to John, Billy, and the team at Brews for hosting the event.
“Ours has always been a nation in process,” I told those gathered—“an unfinished symphony of struggle and renewal. At times, we have soared toward the ideals of liberty and equality; at others, we have stumbled beneath the weight of our contradictions. But through every hardship, there have always been those who rose to bridge the gap between the promise of America and its practice.”
As Robert Kennedy said in 1966, “It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
From what I saw last Wednesday, I can say with confidence that there are far more ripples of hope than walls of oppression and resistance.
Dakoda Pettigrew