Right after Easter, the real test arises. Tonight there were a lot of dads and mums out with their kids---all very thin, very hungry, very dirty, and just trying to get by.

But for a few days, at least, the fellow-feeling of Semana Santa will hold. I was joined tonight by a few elder neighbours in distributing stock foodstuffs to a long line of needy.

The challenge is persevering with this sense of solidarity - and cultivating the means for it, pragmatically - all the rest of the year, too. 🕯️