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In reply to the discussion: Friday Night Lemon Vodka Buzz. I need you. All of you. [View all]Hekate
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...Nature -- I'm fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the planet. Even when the hills are crispy brown, I have learned to see how beautiful the bones of the Earth are. She has beautiful bones, and will outlast us.
My SIL walks the beach collecting colored glass that she uses in collages and jewelry. She calls the beach "my happy place." I joined her a few times, not knowing the beach here is really rocky. It made my balance bad, so after the last time I got a hiking staff. Then my knee went kablooie and an MRI showed really advanced arthritis and shredded meniscus (in other words, nothing at all to do with rocky beaches). Still, living on the coast is the best of all possible worlds.
This summer I decided to reread books with happy endings. Seriously. I re-read Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman, then signed up for Prime just to binge-watch the series that was made of it. Then I read the book again. If you want intelligent humor, Pratchett is your man. (Note to those who aren't familiar with it: it is NOT a Christian end-times book.) Then I pulled Harry Potter off my bookshelf and plowed through all 7 volumes. Spoiler: Voldemort is defeated and killed in Book 7.
Someday soon I'm getting Blazing Saddles out and gonna watch that again.
To you and all my friends: like my SIL, try to find your happy place. For me it's books and selected films, since long walks are no longer in the offing. I know some of you are masterly photographers, cooks, art critics, just really creative people. Don't forget that part of yourselves.
These are dark and terrible times. So remind yourselves that self-destructing will go completely unnoticed by the monsters in DC, and will only serve to deprive those who care about you of your presence. Take time to refresh, so you have the strength to get back in the fight later.
Sorry if I nattered on too long. Just don't go jumping off any cliffs.