When I say, I hope you had a good week, I mean that in the broadest and most inclusive sense of the statement. If all is well, you're enjoying your social media and streaming offerings, and the worst thing in your life right now is the pervasive, odious scent of pumpkin spice, I rejoice with you. If you're 'going through some things', my prayers are with you. I hope this week's issue will help lift the spirits and bring on a laugh or two to ease the stress of yet another medical appointment, job interview, or night shift.
But if, like millions out there, life is definitely NOT autumn leaves and sunshine and scented coffee, and more the nightmare from which we all wish to awaken, then I have something to say to you: we may not be able to do much, right now, we mere denizens of the virtual space. We may only be able to sign the petitions and write the outraged emails and poke our disposable currency into the outstretched tins. We may be powerless at the moment to stop the armies, bring down the planes and missiles, bring the food and water, or shout down the tyrants and summon the rains.
We may not have much to offer beyond those thoughts and prayers which we are constantly being assured are worth less than nothing. But we are not so sure.
Other days will come. We will be ready for them. In the meantime, we can at least practise talking to each other like the decent siblings of planet Earth that we are. Just know that we are thinking of you.
Our contributors have been all over this week: from Australia to the Limpopo, from France to Scotland to Pennsylvania and back. You'll see sky and sea and river, sun and rain and rainbow. Big and small creatures, indoors and out. TRIGGER WARNING: there may be scary things in the 'Creatures' section, depending on what doesn't float your boat. (Cows, snakes, geese, those menacing zebra finches. . .) Be careful in here.
There's humour and speculation and maybe even a fact or two. Find out what others are reading and watching and thinking. Help us keep up our end of the pact with the rest of the suffering world: to bring our attention to bear on what is, so that what should be can someday become what will be.
And that's it. That's the tweet. Now go read all this and be excellent to one another.
Quote of the Week. We have more memory space than we think, and it is filled with questionable content like cat food ad music, all the car registration numbers you ever had and such.
– Caiman Raptor Elk
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