"And who shall say – whatever disenchantment follows – that we ever forget magic, or that we can ever betray, on this leaden earth, the apple tree, the singing, and the gold?"
- Thomas Wolfe
. . .
- Photo from our trip to Melbourne in July before Lauren left. I love it when I rediscover a photo in my reject file that ends up being a treasure. Dearly missing her & this version of us this week.
- Listening to
Jerusalem (Matisyahu)
See the World (Gomes)
Spiegel im spiegel (Arvo Part)
& Maddy's current favorite Falling Faster Than You Can Run (Nathaniel Rateliff)
- Reading Enzio Busche's spiritual biography Yearning for the Living God & (still, I'm stuck!) The Signature of All Things (Elizabeth Gilbert).
- Thinking about making Thanksgiving plans, teen parent home visiting programs (for my dissertation lit review), learning scandinavian embroidery, and these words from a Mary Oliver interview: "My work is loving the world." And "write for whatever holy thing you believe in."
