March 19, 2022
Buddy is watching a classic movie involving old Boston and gangsters (with very long hair and lovely cars– I’m guessing the 1970s?) and I was intending to write a philosophical letter tonight about presidential patterns during inflection moments.
But about the time I sat down to write, my friend Peter sent me this image, offering me calm “in the midst of the current maelstrom(s),” and it suddenly hit me that I am very tired, and then it hit me that I can’t be the only one who is finding it exhausting to digest all the news these days.
Let’s take the night off, and regroup tomorrow with fresh energy and resolve.
[Photo Indian Morning Snow, by Peter Ralston. It’s from last week’s March snow, and is named for the island at the mouth of the harbor.]
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Notes:
If you want to find Peter and his wife Terri, they’re at https://www.ralstongallery.com/
Thank you for how you model the necessity for all of us to slow down and rest and find our feet and our hearts in this tumultuous and overloading time. Your newsletters so delicious and deep that they have diminished my overload by allowing me to stop scanning the news regularly, cause I know I won't miss anything important because you will let us know. I am grateful every time you take a night off, knowing that none of us can keep functioning at such a high pace, and that it is important that you be rested so you can be present when it is needed. Thank you!
Thank you, Heather, for posting Peter's photo of serenity and peace. Thank you, too, for taking the night off and restoring yourself. You do so much for so many. Sleep well