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Why Do I Write This Blog???
The easiest (and probably the most honest) answer to that question is: I don't know. It all started in the summer of 2005, when I went to Crawford, Texas ( a.k.a. the home of the prez's ranch, a.k.a. the home of Camp Casey) to support Cindy Sheehan. I wanted the world to know that, contrary to what one could read in the mainstream media, the peace movement was alive and well and large numbers of Americans did not support the war in Iraq. I wanted people to know that thousands of Americans were willing to travel to Texas and tolerate the heat, humidity, and bugs in order to support a grieving mother whose new purpose was to shine a light on the lies that led to the war and to bring home our troops so that no other mother would have to know the pain that she felt.
Over time, this blog has become more of an exploration of who I am, my spirituality, and how life works. I love life's complexities, exploring the shades of gray. I want to, as Rainier Maria Rilke said,
"Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer."
Maybe my blog is just one big question about what is needed in order for people to take the time to love and cherish each other and our earth. Maybe someday, I will "live along some distant day into the answer."
In the meantime, thank you for joining me on my journey. I welcome you to share yours with me
12 Comments:
I like watching baby animals grow. Thanks for posting the pictues!
Wow, Carol, that's just beautiful.
It makes me wonder if we'll have a bird family this year in the one big tree on our property. Often we do, and it's so special
Hey Thomas,
You're welcome. I will try to add photos as the little guys grow. A little over a month from now, they'll be gone.
San,
Aren't they precious? I hope that you do get a family to watch. They're smile-inducing!
Wonderful! Great! Marvelous! Owlets!
Carol, you didn’t have to climb the tree to take this, did you?
Nick,
:-)
No, I'd still be there - broken and on the ground - if I'd climbed a tree with this rather useless arm.
The photo is cropped so that you don't see the distance we are from it - about 20 - 25 feet away.
Darling!
Indigo incarnates
Hi Carol!
I think owls are neat. And they're really good for the ecology since they keep disease-bearing vermin in check.
Otowi,
With all of the sticks in the way, they don't show up as well as the ones in the photo that you found, but I sure do like looking at them.
Indigo,
Hmmmm... didn't think about the "disease-bearing" part. When we don't mess with it, life seems to balance itself out.
So amazing! How lucky are you?
Hey Mary,
VERY lucky.
Watching the owls is church for me.
This is sweet! Thanks Carol.
My pleasure!
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