Let's get this circulated!! 😤

I’m guessing Nat Forests will get logged to within an inch of their life. 😢

This is VERY good news. Love bookshop.org and all the stuff they do!

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Love the Babies, Change the World (podcast) - first episode which is a short introduction to the Love the Babies, Change the World movement, is up on a few platforms! I did this on my own so it is amateurish at best but good enough to share. Thanks for taking a listen and joining the movement!

I “listened” to that question with my heart, not just my brain. When someone says, “love you,” I read it as “I have positive feelings for you and am sending a good vibe!”
“I love you” reads, for me, as “I’m choosing to love you - beyond fluctuating feelings.”

What are your thoughts, Kathy?

Great question. I noticed that in my own texts and got curious. Words matter. It may be a layer of detachment, removing the I /agency. For some, it may seem less formal. For some, a thin shield of protection from vulnerability. I want you to be loved, but… I can’t provide it fully right now.

*That Sinking Feeling*
I remember Kate Winslet
in finery strolling the decks. The rim of her hat lifting in the wicked
freezing night.
A cruel constellation appeared.
She stopped to drop a token into the tattered
violin case.
It’s an old story:
First class, steerage
and how it all goes down.

Others’ loving behavior, even if it’s not directed at me, gives me a feeling of safety. In that safety I feel more free to express more love to others.

Wow, that was soo beautiful. 💖

You WROTE that!!?!?
Wow!

I hope you’re having a good day. I hope you find time to make something beautiful. I hope you are kind to yourself and to at least one other being. I hope Life gives you a delightful surprise that warms your heart and renews your spirit.

Or family values.

Also noticing Melania’s hat is so low because she can’t look us in the eye. Sad.

It’s winter and a storm is raging. Remember, birds collect the blowdown - the broken pieces, dead wood, what’s been ripped away- picking up the pieces, they weave them together to create space for something new to come into being. Millions of us using life force for good.
#bluemonday #nests #birds

The Eagle can teach us how to take a bird’s eye view. Observing. Rising above it. Having patience, poise, until with razor-sharp precision, it’s time to act.

Bald eagle, Skagit County, Wash.

#birds #eagle #nature #natureteaches

Salmon can teach us a lot about knowing when to go with the flow and when to go against the stream as if future lives depended on it.

#bluemonday #blueart #art

Great Blue Heron, fishing PNW.

#blueheron #birds #bluemonday

Lunch to go.

#blueheron #birds #bluemonday

Field notes: Steller’s Jay.
#birds #blue

So moody and gorgeous!

as the rollercoaster crests the top of the initial incline, the ratcheting noise slows and stops, and you can, right before the plunge, observe the entire amusement park