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Monday Musing

10/26/2020

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"Every country has the government it deserves"
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Joseph de Maistre ​

Joseph de Maistre first stated this in 1811.  

The quote became a variation on a theme as Thomas Jefferson said “The government you elect is government you deserve'' and  Alexis de Tocqueville said, “In a democracy, people get the government they deserve.” 

It's a quote I've spoken often and especially this year.  I voted, have you?

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Monday Musing

10/5/2020

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When the world wearies and society fails to satisfy, there is always the garden.
​– 
Minnie Aumonier
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I don't know about you but the last few days have been rough, news-wise. Today I had an edge and cranky pants on until I went to a local garden space.  I've been thinking about a basket for the shade garden in front for fall and winter.  All these fit the bill.  Tomorrow I plant.
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Monday Musing

9/28/2020

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,I am adopting an idea from the talented Michelle H. Barnes.  It's called MONDAY MUSING.
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A couple of Friday's ago, I wanted to share a Fire poem that was rolling around in my head. But alas, I waited and struggled getting it our and then the news of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and hit and the blog post went a different direction.

I happened upon a poem by Kim Stafford and was taken by the craft: each line held only three words.  I had found my mentor text for my fire poem based on daily observations during those dark, ashened days.

​Here is the poem:

Fire Week by Jone Rush MacCulloch

on Labor Day
we eat dinner
graffiti decorates walls
I add mine


forty-eight hours later
the restaurant burns
to the ground

with the town

smoke suffocates sky
asthma lungs labor

a giant campfire
nobody has s’mores


we can’t breathe
say Covid patients

we can’t breathe
say police victims
we can’t breathe
says climate change


ash cloud pillows
smother the sun
smoke suffocates sky
coast to coast

oxalis, mice, ferns,
pets, firs, children
hallowed ash dust
feed forests, gardens


silent curfew streets
birds stop singing
smoke suffocates sky
we can’t breathe


we weep



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