just a short walk to the river – always full of power and light
(and the power and light have returned to the land!)
thank you to the community for keeping everyone going
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“one thing you can never underestimate is the power of water.”
-joe teti
wild storm
then power out for 700,000
can’t stop this from shining through
Rue Montorgueil in Paris
“An enormous fortress of prejudices, privileges, superstitions, lies, exactions, abuses, violences, iniquities, and darkness still stands erect in this world, with its towers of hatred. It must be cast down. This monstrous mass must be made to crumble. To conquer at Austerlitz is grand; to take the Bastille is immense.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
on bastille day, all these years later, let history remind us that change is always possible.
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art credit: Claude Monet, The Rue Montorgueil in Paris 1878
back in the day
when my girls were little
if there was a power outage
I would tell them
we were just like the family
in ‘the little house on the prairie’
we could pretend we were them
have lots of fun
it was okay for a while
until it got old
the novelty wore off
when there was
no pa playin’ the fiddle
no butter to churn
no humming and singing
no stitchin’ to be done
no cows to milk
then we just had to wait it out
and it was not fun.
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“where a light can’t live, i know i can’t.”
-Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie
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image credit: nbc tv
a lovely ladies’ weekend spent with friends at the lake house
with a long hike through the winter woods
wonderful comfort foods and wine to share
warm blankets, pajamas, slippers
long discussions
on one thing leading to another
ranging from
our favorite cutlery (i prefer small pieces)
to our grown children (we do the best we can)
to humor (what’s funny to one…)
to politics, the state of the world, and more
(each with our own perspectives, experiences, and ideas)
no subject off limits
then spoiling ourselves with magic spa treatments
so relaxing and so powerful in so many ways.
“i feel like i’m a super hero diva and my power is glitter.”
-jujubes
for all the oddballs and misfits out there,
eventually, if you just follow your path,
you will reach somewhere no one else has.
you are uniquely meant to do something that only you can do.
-twinkle khanna
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image credit: wordables.com
I didn't have my glasses on.... 