I don’t know about y’all but weekends seem to take on a different meaning now that everyone is sheltering in place. Saturday and Sunday seem like any other days. There aren’t weekends at the park, outings to the mountains, a long weekend at the beach, or simply dinner with Caroline, Jeremy, and the kids on…
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A Change Is Going To Come
A Change is going to come — Sam Cooke. Change will come. As always, it is just a matter of who determines what that change will be. — Winona LaDuke. I read the latter quote first, but instantly Sam Cooke’s lyrics and tune got stuck in my head. The only thing every pundit about the virus…
Structure and Balance
The new Rector at St. John’s DC reminded me this week of St. Benedict and his rule. Benedict’s rule was about structure and balance. In Benedict’s day it was eight hours of prayer, eight hours of work, and eight hours of rest. NO, I’m not suggesting we all adopt Benedict’s rule during the coronavirus, but…
Earth Day
It is only fitting that in the middle of this pandemic we celebrate “Earth Day.” I learned this weekend by reading Maria Popova that Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, wrote a novel in 1826 about a pandemic and one person who survives, The Last Man. This last man standing ponders the question, “Why Live?” and answers: “Let…
A New Normal
People have been writing, “I bet you have plenty of time to write.” My answer is, “Yes I do.” What I don’t say is that the virus has become such a distraction it is difficult to write. I talked to one of my muses who is a poet. She tells me that her poetry class…