“Mansfield’s last note, from an unfinished story, ends with an observation that only the dying Mansfield would make: “It was an exquisite day. It was one of those days so clear, so still, so silent you almost feel the earth itself has stopped in astonishment at its own beauty.”
~ Yiyun Li, Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life
As Rob Watson, one of my favorite environmental teachers, likes to remind people: “Mother Nature is just chemistry, biology and physics. That’s all she is.”
You cannot sweet-talk her. You cannot spin her. You cannot manipulate her. And you certainly cannot tell her, “Mother Nature, stop ruining my beautiful stock market.”
No, no, no. Mother Nature will always and only do whatever chemistry, biology and physics dictate, and “Mother Nature always bats last,” says Watson, “and she always bats 1.000.”
Do not mess with Mother Nature.
~ Thomas L. Friedman, With the Coronavirus, It’s Again Trump vs. Mother Nature (NY Times, March 31, 2020)
Photo: Economic Times
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At 8 pm last night, I agreed with myself I wouldn’t post, wouldn’t share, wouldn’t clutter up Christmas Day with stuff on this blog.
But no, that wasn’t possible Now. So we’ll keep it short.
I hadn’t run in weeks, but the pull to get outside, was out-of-body. You need to get out. Today. Now.
30° F feeling like 26° F. Sun bright and beaming. It was high tide at the cove, a flock of Canadian geese, 25 or so, were floating at the base of the break wall, offering me their moment of silence.
He used to follow this blog, comment on certain posts. I could feel His finger reaching for the “Like” button towards the End when he was no longer up to offering comments.
Forgiveness is not a strong suit. Actually no suit I wear at all. I had to stop at mid-point on the run. Toxicity from the anger made another step impossible.
Anger burns for the Health Insurer, who silently collected his premium payments, and then provided notice that coverage wasn’t provided as promised because of an exclusion. And then to stick the knife deeper, terminated coverage retroactively for a month, causing a scramble by the Care providers demanding payment from Him, shuffling Him to a hospital, and that hospital shuffling him to another for lack of confirmation of Insurance Coverage, and this second one pressing for transfer to permanent skilled care. “We needed to provide him with a sedative. He’s really anxious, struggling to breathe.” And you wonder why he’s anxious? The cauldron boils over. Anger also burns, for those who took a vow with my Brother, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, only to let him fight alone in sickness. [Read more…]
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