Aww ... fluffy puppies wearing shoes are a delight ...
... as are hints of tranquil blue peeking out from gloomy clouds after a rainstorm.
Cozy houses delight, too.
Autumn leaves with their bounty of bright colours never fail to amaze ...
... even when they're gone we know they'll come back. I never imagined, however, that an unfit climate-change denier and insult to decency would come back to lead the most powerful nation on Earth. This is a waking nightmare for those who recognize the dangers ahead. The America I felt so hopeful about has slipped away and will likely not materialize in my lifetime. So, although I do, it's not easy to find the path to "delight" at this moment, the word prompt from
Poets and Storytellers United.
We Canadians have our own faux-populist who has no plans for the environment but is high in the polls due to constant disinformation and catchy slogans like "axe the tax", a carbon tax rebated to low and mid-income folks. Countering such tactics with pictures and words gives me some measure of pleasure but, I suppose, it is just a diversion.
Frankly, the Turkish proverb, old as time, explains delightfully well what we're going through
still in modern times. It goes something like this:
"The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because its handle was made of wood, it was one of them."
Explore more at
Poets and Storytellers United,
SKYWATCH and
Saturday's Critters.
