I saw these tools on the sidewalk in the afternoon. They were still there in the evening when I was walking home from teaching at William Penn House.
I wondered how or why someone might abandon, forget, or lose such well-made tools.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
I was supposed to have been in Seattle, but work kept me in DC. Instead of cancelling the substitute who had graciously agreed to lead the practice, I took the class. It was sweet to practice with my students without leading.
Some mornings, I find an offering on my yoga mat. It’s never a mouse, always the green sparkly toy.
What we do matters even if it does not (or apparently does not) change the big picture.
I find contributing in some way helps me feel less despondent, even if that is because I have occupied my mind with positive action for as long as I am doing it.
A yogi might consider whether wanting to answer “yes” to this question (no matter the circumstances of our dying death) is a major goal of a steady practice.
Judy Chicago and Martha Nussbaum, Fresh Talk, at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, 9/22/19
There was a joyous celebration at the US Supreme Court this afternoon to celebrate the historic appointment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. May this nation heal.
