Thank you for all of the resources for managing the hum. These days it is tough sometimes to remember to manage the hum. Any distance and any things a person can do to bring some peace, calm, quiet and awareness of the immediate moment is to be done. Books, nature, tea, activities we love and that provide calm to revisit us are all good remedies. As Sue has brought to our attention, there are community involvement and ways to provide food to those in need. This is hugely important.
One of the Crooked Media podcasts, Offline, also featured a "challenge" to spend 30 minutes a day offline, reading from a book. Crooked Media is best known for its podcasts, "Pod Save America."
Sue, thanks for your wise and thoughtful words. I agree that simply getting outside and seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, breathing, and feeling the natural world are great ways to cope. The plants and animals and others that we share our little planet with keep on keeping on, doing what they do to survive and thrive, ultimately, I hope, inspiring us to continue our own living, our own fight against the evils spewing from DC. We are all in this together and together we will overcome.
Wonderful, practical advice that is right on time, Sue. I wasn't aware of the Aldo Leopold lectures and now I am really looking forward to those. Thank you for your generous sharing and wise words.
Thank you Leenie. Be sure to check out the recent discussion on the Aldo Leopold website with Zoe Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters. Will start that book next week!
Since retirement I routinely start my morning with a walk. Upon returning, I make a cup of tea and sit down to read, usually fiction, for about half an hour. The to do list will wait until after.
These are great suggestions. Thankfully, I already do some of them. The Chamomile Tea sounds good to me as I have been having some of those symptoms. Thanks for sharing them!
Thank you for all of the resources for managing the hum. These days it is tough sometimes to remember to manage the hum. Any distance and any things a person can do to bring some peace, calm, quiet and awareness of the immediate moment is to be done. Books, nature, tea, activities we love and that provide calm to revisit us are all good remedies. As Sue has brought to our attention, there are community involvement and ways to provide food to those in need. This is hugely important.
One of the Crooked Media podcasts, Offline, also featured a "challenge" to spend 30 minutes a day offline, reading from a book. Crooked Media is best known for its podcasts, "Pod Save America."
Sue, thanks for your wise and thoughtful words. I agree that simply getting outside and seeing, smelling, tasting, hearing, breathing, and feeling the natural world are great ways to cope. The plants and animals and others that we share our little planet with keep on keeping on, doing what they do to survive and thrive, ultimately, I hope, inspiring us to continue our own living, our own fight against the evils spewing from DC. We are all in this together and together we will overcome.
They are models of resilience. We need them but we also need to protect them. Thanks for your comment, David.
Finding and reading your Substack has felt comforting and enjoyable like a familiar friend. Thank you.
What a kind comment! Thank you so much.
Wonderful, practical advice that is right on time, Sue. I wasn't aware of the Aldo Leopold lectures and now I am really looking forward to those. Thank you for your generous sharing and wise words.
Thank you Leenie. Be sure to check out the recent discussion on the Aldo Leopold website with Zoe Schlanger, author of The Light Eaters. Will start that book next week!
so much goodness
Excellent article, thanks.
Your writing is always a pleasure. Thank you!
Since retirement I routinely start my morning with a walk. Upon returning, I make a cup of tea and sit down to read, usually fiction, for about half an hour. The to do list will wait until after.
These are great suggestions. Thankfully, I already do some of them. The Chamomile Tea sounds good to me as I have been having some of those symptoms. Thanks for sharing them!