My Outreach Program recently took me to a neighborhood where I stumbled upon a lovely birthday celebration, renewing —
Wait, what Outreach Program?
I travel outside my circle of convenience to new or under-visited neighborhoods out of curiosity, to see the world anew and activate new neural pathways.
Was this trek worth the effort?
The urban development has been executed with tasteful restraint. The après-ski style ambiance made the best of our insistence on over-populating the planet. All in all, worth the trip.
A birthday celebration, you say?
The French bistro’s maître d’ took my wrap from my shoulders. To my left sat a couple with gift bags adorning their tabletop. The lady was dressed in a vibrant red skirt suit, her makeup and wispy grey hair styled with care. She raised the utensils slowly and purposefully, to best manage her tremors. Across from her sat a man attentive to her every word. Childhood sweetheart? Nephew? Cousin? Husband? Brother? Care home beau? Hard to say.
Let love save us all
In between decimating our old growth forests, dynamite blasting our seas, shooting our garbage into space, leaving food to rot for rats instead of giving to our hungry, withholding healing for profits, we find our truest selves in love’s beauty.
Yes, it’s still the answer.
Happy Birthday, Baby.
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“With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams,
it is still a beautiful world.”
-Ehrmann, Max. “Desiderata.” (43-44), 1927.
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SO GOOD to see u again, Danica!!
Was beginning to think that you had stopped blogging altogether
What can we look forward to? Any big writing plans/projects coming up?
Thank u for Liking my last bundle of Posts! It’s been v quiet without you 🙂
All the best
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Thank you and right back at you, Brad! Somebunny is awesome. It’s good to be back. I did consider boarding up the blog… posting instead seemed like the right thing, but no big announcements at the moment.
Thank you for your posts — a delight to have a bundle at once! 🙂
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Make the most of the posts – boarding is boring!
You inspire me to write more! 🙂
Bless u
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How thrilling that I inspire you to write more! Your energy creates such a positive chain reaction. 🙂
Haha I hadn’t thought of boarding as boring, but now that you mention it….
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Great to see this on my reader, Danica! Hope all is well with you!
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It’s so good to see you post again. I was worried about you. I’m glad you’re well. 🙂
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Hmm. It is interesting pattern of self serving praise prose you serve up disguised as introspection. It make me ask how of a person you are. I google you name and you go law school but you not seem to be lawyer. Do you having job? Do you having married?
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