[Update:Â I wasn’t able to go (solo caregiver all eve; it’s audition week in the beloved’s theater work life). Â But I did find a comment on the event, on the Alameda Journal Blog, a blog that covers life in Alameda, that discussion on the topic has been extended to next Monday,
Mother’s Day picnickers blow bubbles. The careful observer will note the reclining figure of the picnicker of honor under the oak tree, propped leg visible. I have made a special request for Baba’s Day (celebrated, by amazing coincidence, on the same day as Father’s Day): same picnic spot, same recreational
Son and mother, Berkeley, CA. And a nod to the mother of Mother’s Day, Julia Ward Howe  (Anna Jarvis’ latecomer’s trademarks notwithstanding): Julia Ward Howe’s Mother’s Day Proclamation – 1870 Arise then…women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts! Whether your baptism be of water or of tears! Say