This week in the news has been hard. Alarming peaks in the virus cases. Lies and lack of taking responsibility from our so called leaders. More incomprehensible murders by those supposed to protect us. Governors who don't listen to science and who worry instead about "what will he think." Deaths that didn't need to happen. Our citizens not welcome to travel to other countries because we don't even take care of ourselves.
This all means also that we are held back from solving the spread of the virus enough to get back to work sooner, and to be able to hug family members, and give essential healthcare workers a break from so much sickness.
Through all this, I am still marveling at the daisies this year. I haven't been able to quit taking photos. I decided to post a lot of the photos today, many whicih you may have already seen. This is both because each one speaks to me in some way but also because these flowers persevere. Every year. Not always this abundant, but always there. We can learn so much from paying attention to plants and to animals. We can even learn from that to care about lives other than just our own.
And we can try to be ready for the next crop, of black-eyed susans, now blooming where before there were daisies......
Please be safe, and, if you want reassurance about why masks are worthwhile and very important, seek out the essay by my daughter's friend, Lisa Jensen Thomas. The title of her well written words is I've Been Sick for 100+ Days, and You're Making Me Sad. It's on Facebook.
Believe in masks, and help heal our hurtin' world.
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