I found your post a refreshing respite from the daily weight of Trumpian horribleness. With coffee in hand my mind relaxed into the boat, meandered down the river, and laughed at the mayor’s tumble; I pondered a similar fate for our small town’s officials.
And then you brought home an excellent message for today. Get outside, for your own well-being, and reach out to another, not with a pressure campaign, but with the physical proof of what is good and beautiful about America. Words, of course, are powerful but some folks need to see, hear, and feel another way. And some need to take a spill in a canoe, you know, to wake up.
Good morning, Bonnie. Thank you for reading and for sharing your reflection. I’m so glad this resonated with you! I hope you have a great day and find some fun ways to step outside with your friends :)
Last Saturday, I visited the Wilmington, DE, Riverwalk. It’s another example of turning an old WWII shipyard, including several of the old cranes, into a public space with educational signage about history and nature. On one of the signs proclaimed, “Conservation is a state of harmony between man and the land.” Aldo Leopold.
Wonderful ideas and strategies! Thank you!
Thank you for reading, Julianne!
I found your post a refreshing respite from the daily weight of Trumpian horribleness. With coffee in hand my mind relaxed into the boat, meandered down the river, and laughed at the mayor’s tumble; I pondered a similar fate for our small town’s officials.
And then you brought home an excellent message for today. Get outside, for your own well-being, and reach out to another, not with a pressure campaign, but with the physical proof of what is good and beautiful about America. Words, of course, are powerful but some folks need to see, hear, and feel another way. And some need to take a spill in a canoe, you know, to wake up.
Good morning, Bonnie. Thank you for reading and for sharing your reflection. I’m so glad this resonated with you! I hope you have a great day and find some fun ways to step outside with your friends :)
Last Saturday, I visited the Wilmington, DE, Riverwalk. It’s another example of turning an old WWII shipyard, including several of the old cranes, into a public space with educational signage about history and nature. On one of the signs proclaimed, “Conservation is a state of harmony between man and the land.” Aldo Leopold.