#13

Pissarro, the love of morning, & a new playlist

Let’s feast.

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A painting worth viewing:

Flowering Orchard by Camille Pissarro (1871)

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A poem worth pondering:

I found this poem because of Alea Peister ! You should check out her Substack 😉

The Love of Morning by Denise Levertov

It is hard sometimes to drag ourselves
back to the love of morning
after we’ve lain in the dark crying out
O God, save us from the horror. . . .

God has saved the world one more day
even with its leaden burden of human evil;
we wake to birdsong.
And if sunlight’s gossamer lifts in its net
the weight of all that is solid,
our hearts, too, are lifted,
swung like laughing infants;

but on gray mornings,
all incident—our own hunger,
the dear tasks of continuance,
the footsteps before us in the earth’s
belovéd dust, leading the way—all,
is hard to love again
for we resent a summons
that disregards our sloth, and this
calls us, calls us.

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Music worth listening to (on shuffle):

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A quote worth noting:

“Simplicity is the glory of expression.”

Walt Whitman

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Comic relief:

Comic by Sarah Andersen

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Odds & ends:

• Books: I started listening to Mary Oliver’s A Poetry Handbook. It is so, so good.

• Shows: My husband & I started watching “The Bear". The language is pretty atrocious, HOWEVER the character development & story are amazing. I have found myself tearing up watching certain poignant moments. I recommend it if you can chew up the meat & spit out the bones.

• Wannabe-chef: I think jasmine rice is superior to all other rices. Whenever I make sauteed veggies with rice, it’s always best with jasmine (add a little butter, some salt & pepper, and a squeeze of lime juice. YUM). Don’t get me wrong, I love a nice quinoa & brown rice mix…but something about jasmine rice just hits different.

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That’s all for now!

All my best,

Alexandra