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A Period of Shadows
Don’t you imagine the leaves dream now
how comfortable it will be to touch
the earth instead of the nothingness of the air and the endless freshets of wind? And don’t you think
the trees, especially those with
mossy hollows, are beginning to look for the birds that will come — six, a dozen — to sleep
inside their bodies? And don’t you hear
the goldenrod whispering goodbye, the everlasting being crowned with the first
tuffets of snow? The pond stiffens and the white field over which the fox runs so quickly brings out its long blue shadows. The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little,
longing to be on its way.
~ Mary Oliver — Song for Autumn, 2005.
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Critical thinking and empathy are the most important things that will ensure sustainable human existence. The current deterioration of both is the biggest problem humanity faces
~ Michelle Moscatelli
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We are moving into a period of bewilderment, a curious moment in which people find light in the midst of despair, and vertigo at the summit of their hopes. It is a religious moment also, and here is…
