It’s been a horrible week. I don’t believe in just tossing it off and saying everything will be fine all the time. I can’t pay attention to all of it, but I intend to remain aware of reality in at least some arenas.
However. Right now, in a desperate attempt to save my sanity I am going to list some good things about the past week.
1. We unfroze the frozen water pipes in the kitchen. No burst pipes.
2. Yesterday it was finally warm enough to do one outside task: I got my car washed.
While the modern car wash itself is the moderately terrifying inside task of sitting in the car surrounded by soap and large brushes coming at you, it is mainly an outside task because of the vacuuming of the car interior.
I found a nickel as I was vacuuming. Thomas Jefferson’s image is on the nickel. We know his story. What is Tom thinking right now?
While looking for a recording of this hymn, possibly the hymn most defiant to the patriarchy (based on this scripture), I found this:
Siskin Green: Will Your Anchor Hold? A recasting of a stodgy old hymn.
One of my children sent me some videos by this vocalist. The video is weird, but I love when she sings “We’ll all go together.”
4. I returned my two physical library books.
Our public library is undergoing a renovation so we went inside to look around. In the children’s section they have an axolotl! For some reason that makes me happy. Also this week I did a deep dive into some blog posts about books. (That said, most of the books I am reading right now are not terribly optimistic.)
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1 comment:
It has been a terrible week. It's a tough balance between saying it will all be fine and confining one's rage to where it can be directed in small ways rather than just consuming its host. I think concentrating on the small good things is very wise. And maybe try to slip a happy read in there?
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