Mary Oliver

     Poet Mary Oliver died a couple of weeks ago.  She will be sorely missed by a world that really needs her.  (see link to her obit)
https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/577380646/beloved-poet-mary-oliver-who-believed-poetry-mustn-t-be-fancy-dies-at-83


     Meanwhile, I am back home.  I have 2 weeks worth of snow piled up everywhere.  It is so beautiful, but tell me why again I live in a place with so much snow and ice? 

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” 
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

     I do believe that a life without contrasts would be boring, though.

                   https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=16&v=y5M8HP-AqGM


Also-----
(Please keep emailing/calling your senators and Mitch McConnell.  American people want the government reopened.  Keep the pressure on, please.  It is working.  Keep your finger crossed for me today that TSA is working)

     So it's not just me who thinks the GOP members so intent on defending probable Russian asset trump are also apparent Russian assets. 
https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/news/g66l-2019/01/57b774c5098316/congressional-republicans-also-caught-by-russia-so-protect-trump-exgop-white-house-lawyer.html


     One of the reasons could be all the Russian money they've taken.

     Are you contacting your congresspeople daily????

     I have been emailing my senators, especially the republican one, almost daily.  Also I've sent daily emails to Mitch McConnell.....he and trump are our real national emergency.  Today I sent one to Adam Schiff, house intelligence committee.
     I hope you are all becoming activists, too, and voicing your opinions to your congress-people. Our democracy is in grave danger.  Act. Please.

Christians making atheists

     This article by John Pavlovitz is a couple of years old, but needs to be read again and often.

https://johnpavlovitz.com/2017/06/04/the-christians-making-atheists/?fbclid=IwAR2EPqTFBEbLGsFzopgTJfjljEpRflcCZPG_74V92SauVNb5gLFOAeTUbWU