Once again, we come to your interwebs with a late post to satisfy your Detroit ABST updates. This morning, we started our day around the dining room table sharing in conversations, breakfast and hair braiding by Kristen and Kaitlin in full preparation for a day of dirt, potatoes, and Motown history. We arrived at Earthworks and immediately put our limited farming skills to the test. But no worries, Tyler was there to guide us as we cultivated the dirt around some onions, celery, broccoli, swiss chard, and collared greens. Tyler facilitated some fun (and equally frustrating) riddles to make our morning work go by quickly. We ended a little earlier than expected and walked over to the soup kitchen where we were greeted by a friendly volunteer staff serving deep dish pizza for lunch! Our group was also so excited to see that the Capuchin Soup kitchen was also hosting a vaccine clinic on site where community members could walk-in and immediately get vaccinated!
After eating lunch, we headed back to the field to cultivate and weed some empty beds in order to prep for the rest of the season. We had a few more tasks like digging walking paths between the beds and planting red potatoes. We really lucked out with amazing weather for the entire day and Jess even got tan lines of her mask! During our work, we met a local volunteer, Sue, who made conversation and shared stories about her 8 grandchildren.
After parting ways with Sue and Tyler, we said hello to Motown. The Motown Museum welcomed us with the most wonderful guide, Derrick. Derrick led us through the house-turned-museum with songs, dances, and a vast history of Motown. The Girl Gang was pleasantly surprised by all that Motown brought to Detroit and the music industry. We were dumbfounded at some of the famous names that stood in the very same recording studio that we had the privilege to sing a very poor rendition of "My Girl". We left Hitstown U.S.A. and came back to our AirBnb to cook a dinner of chicken, rice, and broccoli.
I think our group can all agree that some of our best conversations have happened around the dinner table after one of our home cooked meals (which is exactly why this post is so late). We chatted, reflected, played an intense board game (where An came out of nowhere with her super imposter skills), and prepared for our time tomorrow with Mosad who is so kindly hosting us for a Sunset prayer at the American Moslem Society Friday evening. They are also hosting us for dinner after another long day at the farm. The Girl Gang is prepared to get dirty and learn more as we spend out last full day in Detroit tomorrow.
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