Postcards from the Field Friday 8.20.21

Images and Poems from News Notebook

Aug 20, 2021

You can browse YouTube to the Tuesday, August 17, show segment that’s pictured (not linked, for space and data reasons) below. It’s titled: “Everything about Vietnam was much worse than what has happened in Afghanistan.”

Text Box: The Work Happening In The
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If you awake in the morning and don't remember,
some part of the horse-spirit that is your soul
may still be out collecting evidence.
While you go through the motions of your daily circuit,
a deeper part of you may still be engaged
with the important business of integrating the various parts of you.
Perhaps with enough time
the many different threads of you
will be woven into a handsome weather-ready saddle blanket.
Then…then you can ride.
Then, you can actually ride.
Then, with the fresh sunlight as your witness,
you'll realize
there were no wasted detours
because all the while
there was work quietly taking place
in the background.

- Frank Owen

The link to this piece from Brain Pickings by Maria Popova and stunning new poem from brilliant David Whyte failed to make it into Postcards earlier this month.

http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward/preview?u=13eb080d8a315477042e0d5b1&id=29eeec9099

newShrink, by dr. tish signet

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