Listening

From Scottsdale. March 22, 2020

So I’m in Scottsdale with Mom and we are doing well. We are amazed by the rains we’ve had here. Some rains real soaking long days of rain. I looked out and saw her statue/bird feeder and loved the way the colors stood out in the downpour. When I first moved here in 1971 I kept waiting for a rainy day to do some errands. The rainy day didn’t come all of January.

I grew up in Ohio where we had a long grey winter and early spring. That was not the case in AZ or really in any of the western states we’ve lived in. Even when it was really cold in Utah we would have sun for some part of most any day. In Ohio it was as if we didn’t see the sun or blue sky for so long.

In these present days I think we all long for the sun and the blue sky. What if we watched videos of the ocean or videos of the open sky with clouds just moving gently? I think we might feel better than if we watch the constant news.

Now, don’t get the wrong impression. I think we need to know what’s happening in the world especially in this time of pandemic. But I also think that we could stand to have a blue sky network. We could have an ocean beach network. We could have a mountain network. We could have a desert network.

I am pleased to see that many different museums are putting much of their collections online so that people from all over the globe can see the masterpieces. The National Parks have livecameras looking out over the landscape. There is a live camera trained on an eagle nest.

There is so much to see out there, inside.

What do we do with this time of being inside. I am rereading some favorite books, Franny and Zooey among others. New books too, Thanks Kindle.

Look outside. Not only the physical outside but into your heart

God abides,

And I thank God.

Bobbie G. McGarey

@2020