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  Kathleen Hannan

Virtual Chorus post 33

7/24/2020

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Chorista Laura Cotterman has recently written a beautiful poem
​and also published an article in the online magazine Scoundrel Time.
Both the poem and article chronicle, in Laura's throughtful and nature-connected way, her reflections on the spring we've just gone through. The poem is below Laura's photo. The article is at this link: 
When Home Is More Than A House: Learning From Trees And Time.

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March 2020       by Laura M Cotterman
 
First redbud, the pinkest ever
filled a western window
then dogwood clouds in a green mist
 
On daily walks I thought to myself
I am ready
I can do this

 
Alone together our cheeks
registered spring’s tenderness--
breaths of air we could not keep
 
Daily walks left me free
to ruminate on privilege
relish feet on ground, and so
 
I snapped photos to preserve this spring
whose gorgeous face defied reality--
that thousands can’t breathe
 
Unfurling fern, Azalea, Bluet and trees
naked ‘til one morning
lambent baby leaves appeared
 
Birds jabbered, delirious over nests
and always, always
citrine pollen clung to us
 
We wondered what comes next
after heaven-scented Lily-of-the-valley
and Mayapple rising
 
I thought I was ready
then found what I’m not ready for
the without-you part
 
I looked forward but forward meant
you might not be there
here when it’s over if it’s ever over
 
If I manage to go forward
you might not get there with me
or you— any of you— might go there without me
 
Still I walk with ache in the bone
for loved ones seen through scrim of screen
heard via wireless waves
 
Faces and voices I remember
to memorize as pixels pass
through tech’s interface

  
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Virtual Chorus post 32

7/24/2020

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Diantha had shoulder surgery this month. Here she describes how she goes about doing her physical therapy three times a day.  
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​Hi Kathleen,
I thought you might appreciate how I go about doing my exercises. I have made a meditation of it. I light a candle, put on some music, and I have representations of my deities lined up in candlelight supporting my work. They offer the big picture, and the bigger picture and the biggest picture, Reminding me that each micro movement I achieve is part of a larger reality. They give me compassion and hope. I do this three times a day. I have never been able to do anything that regularly, much less meditation. It is very good for me.


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Virtual Chorus post 31

7/6/2020

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Welcoming Back the Pollinators
That is a new wonderful drawing above by
chorista Betty Lou.  Here's the link to her
new story that goes with the drawing.

https://earthsanctuaries.net/ceremony-to-welcome-back-the-pollinators/ 

Covid-19, climate change, racism, environmental injustice and the extinction of biodiversity are all linked. For humans to be healthy the Earth needs to be healthy. Our pollinators are in decline. This Summer Solstice we choose to hope for the health of people and nature by creating a passionate and colorful ceremony to honor our beloved bees and butterflies. We call them home to us and to the flowers to whom they belong.

Here is the link to Betty Lou's new story and many more beautiful nature/spirit writings and photos: 

https://earthsanctuaries.net/ceremony-to-welcome-back-the-pollinators/ 

Betty Lou Chaika
www.earthsanctuaries.net
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