We’ve had a run of beautiful warm sunny days–an early taste of summer–and to celebrate my husband and I went out to the beach for a long weekend. It was gorgeous. Crystal clear. Magical. Hikes through old growth forest and on the beach and through old growth forest abutting the beach.
Adding to the sense of release and relaxation was the lack of internet. I was not constantly clicking on alarming headlines seemingly designed to keep Americans in a constant state of fear–and to increase profit margins I guess. Nothing about double masking or variants or extremely rare side effects of the vaccines or riots or shootings or anything else supposed to keep us trembling in homes. I missed seeing our wonderful Mayor Wheeler declare a totally unneccessary “state of emergency” allowing him to deputize police officers and declare curfews EVEN AFTER the Derek Chauvin guilty verdict. Flowers were blooming, birds singing, children laughing in the surf.
And now we are back home re-energized. Plenty to be upset and concerned about, the exponentially multiplying homeless camps for one, but I’ve got some perspective. Plenty to pay attention to. But also plenty of noise out there to dismiss.
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