Rachel Carson

Snugglesome

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snugglesome

Gratitude List:
1. Bald Eagles. Twice in the last two days, I have seen a bald eagle (perhaps the same one) near the Wrightsville exit off 30. Once in the air, and once in a tree. Every time I see one, I bless the memory of Rachel Carson, and remember that one person can make a difference in the world. Were it not for Rachel Carson, we very well might not have bald eagles to be grateful for.
2. This snugglesome cat. I knew him when he was a kitten, and now he is an old man, and I have only slipped from young adult into middle age. I feel as though I have gone from being his Mama to being his granddaughter. And so time is fleeting, and I am grateful for the time he has with us.
3. Poetry–putting it out into the world in a more intentional way.
4. I think that the sick-folk are getting better. I haven’t heard anyone cough for a good half-hour now.
5. En-visioning. I began a little Vision Booklet today. It came together very easily because I used collage bits that I have been saving. Probably just for this. I think that I have sorted out my heart’s desire a little more explicitly this year than I have before. That is satisfying.

May we walk in Beauty!

Longest Day Is Here!

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Gratitude List:
1.  Sense of Wonder Camp for Girls.  All those girls: wiggly giggly, serious and silly, poised and awkward and graceful all at once, thoughtful and playful and full of light.  The women who put it together, the mothers and mentors who were there to celebrate their girls.  I felt like I could see the silver webs, like a veil of light, that connected us all.
2.  Leaving a place with a sense of dissatisfaction, not because events were dissatisfying,  but because there were so many people there whose words I wanted to feel settling into the shells of my ears, and there was not time for it all.  I drove home surfing a love wave.  “Oh, and then there was her!  I could have talked with her all night.  Oh, and her!  I just love her.  Right, and then her!  What a tender and kind heart.”
3.  A new green T-Shirt with a Rachel Carson Quotation:   “Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature — the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after winter.”
4.  Josiah, though still a little warm, is acting like himself again after a couple days of fever.  He refused the Ibuprofen last night and let the fever do its work on its own.
5.  Longest day.  Summer’s here.  Happy Solstice to you!  May the sun warm you all the way to your bones, fill you with life and health and radiance.  Every day the world begins anew.

May we walk in Beauty.