I spent another day indoors, trying to kick this cold. I’ve become a big fan of a concentrate drink called simply ‘lemon, ginger & honey’. It feels so good on my throat, and unlike coffee, doesn’t keep me up at night. Annemarie dropped off supplies for me including homemade bagels, yummy!
One of the ponga (silver fern) trees outside has several new fronds getting ready to unfurl. I love how they look all curled up and ready to burst forth.
Today I read a book of poetry by Alice Walker called Horses Make A Landscape Look More Beautiful. Here are a couple of the poems that called to me:
Love Is Not Concerned
love is not concerned
with whom you pray
or where you slept
the night you ran away
from home
love is concerned
that the beating of your heart
should kill no one.
We Alone
We alone can devalue gold
by not caring
if it falls or rises
in the marketplace.
Wherever there is gold,
there is a chain, you know,
and if your chain
is gold,
so much the worse
for you.
Feathers, shells
and sea-shaped stones
are all as rare.
This could be our revolution:
To love what is plentiful
as much as
what’s scarce.