Vision of Tibet on Main Street is much more than a gift shop filled with remarkable articles for sale, ranging from Tibetan singing bowls to handcrafted, one
English By Mariama Diallo, Carol Guensburg, Elizabeth Hughes January 17, 2021 02:49 AM Share on Facebook Print this page WASHINGTON - The deadly siege of the U.S. Capitol delivered a sobering lesson to Gigi Mei, who graduated last May from Columbia University in New York.
“Democracy is really fragile, and it takes a lot of efforts and energy,” said Mei, a 25-year-old from China. “And it needs people from all aspects to sustain, protect and practice.”
Mei was among dozens of U.S. immigrants or first-generation Americans who spoke with VOA after thousands of rioters surged past U.S. Capitol Police in an unsuccessful bid to block lawmakers from certifying Joe Biden’s election win over Donald Trump as the next president.
Renee and daughter Isabella Nichols of Delmar at The Bookstore Plus (Provided photo Naj Wikoff)
Traditionally at this time of year, aside from recovering from being up nearly all night partying and watching college football the next day, people often make new year’s resolutions and articulate their hopes for the coming year.
As 2020 was especially brutal for society as a whole and the vast majority of individuals, I thought I’d check to see how people are feeling.
On Saturday afternoon, Jan. 2, I dropped my partner Renee off at the Adirondack Foot Sanctuary on Main Street in Lake Placid for a Lake Flower Aroma, a lower leg, foot and shoulder massage, one of her Christmas presents. Then I strolled up Main Street to take the emotional temperature of people I met.