“Oh no! It’s a poem titled ‘What’s In The Sack’. Can you guess what it doesn’t answer? What’s in the sack! You had one job!”
— Beatrix, age 12, will judge your poem by the cover too. Even if you are Shel Silverstein.
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“All of the desires of this world are like rays of light. – You try to catch them in your hand only to find there is nothing in your grasp.”
– Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
This morning’s work. Preparing a Lentil and Vegetable Stew in the crock pot.
A Week at the Pandemic’s Epicenter – The New York Times
Beautifully photographed, frightening, and sobering.
My wife puts forth her current “mores” (i.e. things we should be doing more of). A favorite regarding dates…
“There’s no one magic date. And the sooner we all get used to that uncertainty, the better off we will be at really getting on with today and preparing for tomorrow.”
Skill I’m working on in these mask wearing times:
Smiling with my eyes.
There is no reward – rebeccatoh.co
“There might be no reward from the outside world, but there is already a reward, in and of itself, in the act of doing the work we are called to do.”
Despite the fact that I have a clock on my phone in my pocket, my desk, various rooms in the house, and the computer I’m at more and more these days, if I’m not wearing a watch it takes me a few moments of utter confusion before I’m able to find a way to know what time it is.
Daring Fireball: The Quadrennial iPhone SE Schedule
The fact that our collective concern about the time we spend on our phones has grown alongside the physical size of our phones is not a coincidence.
“This is amazing! I could live without my phone for a month. Even two months. I just need to write!”
— Beatrix, age 12, has the answer we all need. Also, she’s working on chapter 8.