The weather has been wonderful, Wednesday it was 70, that was
the high for the week but we’re averaging 55 during the day, at night it is
getting cooler but nothing that isn’t expected at this time of year. And, now
this time of year, is the before time, time of year.
A year ago, I was looking forward to the trip to Chicago,
Jerry had work and I was tagging along; I had tickets to two events, I had
plotted out my days (reading, walking, museums, Poetry Foundation), Jerry would
be able to see his former colleagues, get his scheduled visits done and we’d
have the afternoons to spend together; a poetry reading by Jane Hirshfield was to
be the highlight of the trip. The before time.
Today world-wide deaths recorded from the Coronavirus are 2.58 million; 523K in the US.
Poetry Daily has a singularly stunning poem by *Fargo Nissim Tbakhi today, a poem that reminds me to look to poetry and look toward the world that can seem hidden or forgotten by our own dark times. The title today is a line from that poem.
Be safe, be kind, get outside if you can.
"the things that made us remake us again and again." indeed.
ReplyDeleteMore garden beds to plant! The daffodil leaves are appearing above the soil and I will need to create another raised bed I think, for root vegetables.
It's supposed to hit 55 here today. Yesterday the winds howled. Back into the 40's and some chance of snow/rain later this week.