Loose Leaf Notes

1. Passenger Seat Highway Highlight: Watching the psychedelic display with eyes closed as the sun flashes through the trees on the sides of the road while listening to Jim Hendrix sing Hey Joe.

2. And then there is this.

3. I like tunnels but not bridges, rooms rather than open floor plans, and hills rather than open plains. The only thing I like big and open is the sky and ocean.

4. “Be prepared to stop. But it didn’t happen. So, the sign changed: Be prepared to be stopped.” Stephen Jenkinson on the state of the planet

5. Listening to Stephen Jenkinson is like taking a homeopathic remedy for grief.

6. Fate or fatal?

7. Nights of Lights in Ocean City was a contrast to Stephen Jenkinson’s Nights of Grief and Mystery that we attended before we left to spend Thanksgiving with Joe’s sister and mother. 

8. Another highlight of our Thanksgiving trip was watching the Apple movie “Spirited” with Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. It’s a comedy musical and modernized take on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, very uplifting, currently relevant and sure to be a classic.

9. Will Ferrell is a wild man, so I think he has the right last name.

10. I think of a light bulb as a moon wannabe

11. “Trouble is another word for fate; what troubles us the most is what we are fated to one day face. What troubles us in youth will return at each crossroad in life because it secretly seeks to provoke a deep awakening to the unique way that we are intended to live.” -Michael Meade

12. “Today is a good day to remind you that whitewashing American history is how white supremacy thrives.” – Robert Reich

13. “Make designs to make a ripple / ‘Cause you’ll barely make a dent / Giving ninety-nine percent / Go for broke ’cause it’s finally time to know / Just how far the ripples go / If you wanna make a ripple / If you wanna makе a wave / Playing safe and thinking small / Doesn’t movе the ball at all / There’s humanity to save…” song from the musical Spirited

____________Thirteen Thursday