June 30, 2020
Gleanings
- We white people, who have the privilege of not being treated badly for our skin color, are being called to create new stories for everyone.
- The work I’m doing is my business and I have to think hard—constantly — about how to effect change and uphold my values
- Strawberries pretty much steal the show…
- “Oh my god,” I thought to myself in shock, “what am I doing? I don’t even know this guy and in just a few hours I’m going to marry him!”
- But watching these clouds parade across the sky, was a ritual which brought into my body, through my eyes, a sense of possibility as endless as that blue sky….
- So anyway, that’s me and masks and I’m just going to have to embrace it like everyone else.
- Writing is not the only work.
- I am never quick to clear plates, because I find this stage of a meal thoroughly satisfying.
- Six nags and mottos to embroider, when I master the satin stitch.
- Cruel systems surround us. Unless we’re cut by them, we can stay blissfully unaware.
- There is a specific kind of rain that warms my cockles. It’s the steady, light as the wing of a hummingbird, and flows in a gentle, easy way.
- You never knew, eavesdropping on Mildred’s stories, what you might hear, but it was guaranteed to be good.
- If, during these sheltering at home times, you’re lucky enough to have a garden, I’ll bet you’re embracing it.
- Swimming this morning, I wondered, where does the word “lake” come from?
- The chamomile is posing against the black currants that I’m looking forward to.
- I really admire Vivian Maier’s photographs, in particular her black and white self-portraits.
- The thing about posting photos of yourself through time, is that you really begin seeing yourself, and seeing yourself differently.
A handful of posts here are from writers who took part in my June blogging experience. They have been amazing. My next course offering is coming in September, and registration is open now.
