Friday, July 23, 2021
an ordinary happy
Thursday, July 22, 2021
"How to Live in a Burning World Without Losing Your Mind"
Today I'm really feeling Liza Featherstone's essay in The New Republic: "How to Live in a Burning World Without Losing Your Mind."
"I’m in no condition to receive this news. I can’t tolerate more worry, death, sickness, sadness, or pain—more mothers and grandmothers dying, and maybe even less bearably, children.
I’m not alone.
We are in the middle of another wave of horrific climate news, but many of us are too traumatized to pay attention. The more loss and horror we’re facing in the rest of our lives—whether from the coronavirus and opioid pandemics, economic upheaval, or the ordinary awfulness of cancer and death—the less equipped we are to take it in."
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
holiness
Tuesday, July 20, 2021
Monday, July 19, 2021
beyond
Sunday, July 18, 2021
like an old-fashioned riddle
count the worry beads of desire
sum my abacus of need
Saturday, July 17, 2021
building
A normal kind of day--normal chores, normal outings.
Went to check on the Arboretum's yearly peacock display with L before the rest of the family woke up. I love the purple spikes they've added to the begonias this year.
And yes, it's syllabus building time again.
never a dull moment
I had looked forward to today--on the family calendar as a college orientation day for Nu. But when we got to orientation, kids and families...
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Friends and old neighbors shutting it down in honor of John Crawford. _
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Today is the birthday of the best sister in the whole world (mine:)! Happy, Happy Birthday, Chelli! [AA, my favorite aunt in the whole world...
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I have the feeling that I’m going to succumb to the season and put out a list of resolutions soon. Just wanted to establish this heads up th...