My Dear Silly, Caring Dears,
How are you? Please be be safe and able to smile.
I'm fine, as are my loved ones in L.A. They're inhaling toxic air, of course. Some areas in which I used to work or play, and scores of homes, were completely charred. Lives lost. It's beyond imaginable. Right? I don't think I'll begin to absorb the devastation until I'm next in Los Angeles.
What can we do but hunker down, appreciate our blessings, offer assistance when we're ready and able, share love and healing vibes? Afterall, the only thing we can count on is the present moment.
That said, I'd written Now in 2012 for my first book, Just the Right Time. A dear friend, Dee Dee Vest, had long ago asked for some of my poetry to perhaps turn into song. As a surprise that brought me to tears, she sang this* publicly on the very same day that I'd learned about the Bidwell Mansion Fire. Thus, my words revisited me in magical form, when I sorely needed the message.
*Sorry if you can't view this because you're not on Facebook. I wish I knew how to share it a different way. (Ugh, I dislike supporting Z-berg's empire.)
The very lovely, talented, and kind Robin Mead provided her stunning artwork for that book. Here's Now.
How lovely that one of your poems has been turned into a song! Plus had art made for it! That's the inspirational nature of art -- one thing leads to another.
ReplyDeleteThe news footage of Los Angeles is heartbreaking. Tonight's coverage told how many people no longer have fire insurance coverage to mitigate their losses. Just dreadful.
Thanks so much, Debra SWS.
DeleteCorrect. Insurance companies are just all-out-criminal. It adds trauma to trauma.
I am in Costa Rica right now, but I read two headlines one after the other. One covered the fact that we have now exceeded the 1.5 % increase in greenhouse gases, and the second was coverage of the fires in California. And there are still politicians who refuse to make the connection. Come to think of it you just elected a president who does just that.
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