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this week’s Thought (singular)
the weather is colder, noses are stuffier, minds are heavier, days are shorter. how do we stay warm emotionally and mentally? what brings comfort and lightness?
a very warm welcome to all new readers. i love new readers so much that whenever i get an email about a new reader, i manifest that they never catch a cold ever again in their lives. thank you for joining us. may you have the good sense and wisdom to start gargling salt water at the first tickle in your throat.
a very warm welcome to old readers as well. may good sense continue to prevail.
hi
what a very long week it’s been. so long that it felt like two weeks.
i’m afraid i can’t stay for long. i’m just doing a short visit for a quick chat and cup of tea, so to say - next week will be a three-course meal. i’ve been working on a draft for the october recap that’s shaping up nicely. for now, here are some lovely short poems that i came across recently.
Clarity by Vievee Francis
Sorrow, O sorrow, moves like a loose flock
of blackbirds sweeping over the metal roofs, over the birches,
and the miles.
One wave after another, then another, then the sudden
opening
where the feathered swirl, illumined by dusk, parts to reveal
the weeping
heart of all things.
Walking in the Woods by Grace Paley
That's when I saw the old maple a couple of its thick arms cracked one arm reclining half rotted into earth black with the delicious hospitality of rot to the littlest creatures the tree not really dying living less widely green head high above the other leaf-crowded trees a terrible stretch to sun just to stay alive but if you've liked life you do it
thank you for reading, that’s all for today.
if you have any favourite poems, do share. and if you have any tips for staying warm, as mentioned in this week’s thought above, also share.
see you next week for our meal!
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this week’s Song
to Perth, before the border closes by Julia Jacklin
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thank you for reading, and see you next week <3