World as Lover, World as Self

Years ago I read World as Lover, World as Self by Joanna Macy.  Now, there’s a 30th Anniversary edition of World as Lover: World as Self.  

It’s challenging to understand how our world has turned upside down when I read that on Labor Day weekend 2006, a group gathered in Battery Park, and “One by one, the political candidates of both parties for all the major offices came up on the stage and signed our climate pledge.”

Climate change is not a political or divisive issue.  It’s about our lives and the lives of our children and grandchildren.  Yesterday I was at my grandson’s preschool.  I saw photos of the students planting seeds.  We’re all planting seeds; with every breath we plant, play, connect, and create.  

Tower of Cards

Protect the Marsh

This exquisite duck couple kept swimming, then, walking toward me as though to say protect this precious environment, this buffer zone, these oxygen producers that nourish your lungs.

Beauty and companionship afloat

Nestling
Wake up!

See us! We’re here in the marsh and reeds!