A walk in a garden always helps to lift my spirits. Not so easy to travel to some of the world's best public gardens these days. More and more gardens are offering virtual tours. Here is one from Claude Monet's garden at Giverny.
Showing posts with label I Will Not Lose Hope. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I Will Not Lose Hope. Show all posts
I Will Not Lose Hope
"The very least you can do in your life is figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance but live right in it, under its roof."
Barbara Kindsolver
Book Review - Notorious RBG
This book gave me a lot more information about her legal fights, so many of which took place when I was a young woman in the 1970s.
Her court cases brought back so many memories of what women were not able to do before Judge Ginsburg. We couldn't have a credit card in our own names. We were denied jobs because we were pregnant or just of pregnant age. I remember being asked my the mortgage loan officer what kind of bird control I used, when my husband and I were buying our first home.
So much was at stake then and is at stake once again.
Authors Irin Carmon and Shan Knizhnik describe their book...
"If you want to understand how an underestimated woman changed the world and is still out there doing the work, we got you. If you picked up this book only to learn how to get buff like an octogenarian who can do twenty push-ups, there's a chapter for you too. We even were lucky enough to wrangle some of the most brilliant legal minds out there to help us annotate key passages from RBG's legal writing.
RBG has been extraordinary all her life, but she never wanted to be a solo performer. She is committed to bringing up other women and underrepresented people, and to working together with her colleagues even when it seems impossible. We are frankly in awe of what we've learned about her, and we're pretty excited to share it with you."
A Quote from Maya Angelou
Hope in Action
I recently read someplace (I don't remember the source) about a woman who decided to plant a shrub, vine, tree or flower every time Trump does something that irritates her.
I am going to be very busy in my garden.
Active Hope - Book Review
When we usually think of hope, we think of it as something passive, like wishing. I was searching for a different vision of hope and when I googled "active hope," I discovered Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone's book.
Although written in 2012, this book is meant for this time. The authors say... "Active hope is a practice. Like tai chi or gardening, it is something we do rather than something we have."
Gardenia Abundance
My Gardenias are blooming like crazy this year. Their beauty and smell remind me to be grateful every time I pass them sitting on the table.
I tried for many years to get gardenia plants to bloom and they never would. I had lush green leaves but the buds would turn brown and drop off. I moved my three plants so they would get a bit more sun last year and I have had an abundance of blossoms ever since.
I had almost lost hope.
I shot this multi-exposure image with my iPhone XS Max Camera, using the Hipstamatic app.
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