
Quote: Jan Richardson
Quote: Jan Richardson
“One way or another, we’re all white-knuckling our way toward Tuesday. I’ve probably made too many impulse donations to candidates I believe in, but I regret none of them. My husband, son, and I have written letters and held signs. In our small town, we’ll don our masks and vote in person. Beyond that, my approach during these last days has been to stay outdoors as much as possible. I can’t control the outcome of anything that matters, but I can keep the birdfeeders full. I can sweep out the shed, rake up the leaves, and pull out the petunias. I can stay grounded in the simple, necessary tasks of my own life. And I can look at the sky, at the now bare maple tree, at the snow that covers the ground this morning in a frosting of white, and trust in the forces at work in the world that are far beyond my own limited seeing and my own narrow understanding. One day last week, I rounded the corner of the house pushing the wheelbarrow and was stopped in my tracks by the sight of fifty or sixty robins hopping about in the front yard, a gathering as uplifting to me as the determined crowd of citizens who have showed up downtown every Saturday all through the fall to stand in silent solidarity with Black Lives Matter, voting rights, and democracy. When we looked up from breakfast a few days ago to see a herd of deer just outside the window, they seemed almost like silent messengers sent to remind us that we share this time, this place, with others and that we’re all connected, for better and for worse.”
Quote: Katrina Kenison, from “Our Time” (October 31, 2020)
Photo: Menny Fox, from Mennyfox55
thank you, David Kanigan
Offering in Blue
May you meet each day with
your head to the sky and your
feet on the ground. May you
repair the world by opening
your heart to others.
May you find the courage to
carry what needs to be carried
and the surrender to let
yourself be held until
you blossom.
Keep listening for the poem
being written in your heart.
It will speak truth to you
the way wind parts the sea.
Quote: Mark Nepo
Image: Pinterest
What happens to one happens to us all.
We can starve together or feast together.
Quote: Robin Wall Kimmerer
Photo: Lukas Budimaier