Paul Douglas, who writes a daily weather comment in the newspaper, mentioned that we've passed metrological spring. We're into the month of March as noted by the calendar. Temperatures are in the 50s these days. Yet, none of these have signaled "spring" to me as powerfully as seeing flocks of geese in their northward migration. Kaia took delight in flushing a flock of canada geese that landed on the ice covered pond across the street. Seeing migrating geese is a sign that most of winter is past. Sceptics who doubted that I could happily and successfully winter in The Little House were mistaken.
"How to Write an Obituary" is the headline of an short article in the February 7, 2021, New York Times Magazine, P. 19. The article quotes Victoria Chang, a Los Angles-based poet and writer. "After watching her mother die, Chang understood in a visceral way for the first time that, she too, would die. She thinks if people spent more time acknowledging their mortality they'd live differently--kinder more present. Writing an obituary can be a wake-up call. 'This person is dead,' Chang says, 'You're alive.'"
Takk for alt,
Al
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I didn't realize people could take pictures of our grandchildren helping us out! A little older but same effect, my phone is all organized thanks to my grandson! I had no clue.
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