Hi @jayna, thanks for the lovely and thoughtful comment!

The bee at the top is on our lavender... the purple flowers at the bottom are Russian Sage bushes. Both of which shouldn't really do so well here in rainy Northwest Washington... but they grow like weeds!

Although I have pretty much always been given to reflecting on life, it feels like this odd period of lockdowns and quarantines have been an invitation to think about what truly matters in life. On one hand, we take reasonable precautions to stay healthy... on the other, we are aware that there does seem to be "something" out there that can end your life in a matter of a couple of weeks, even if you're a healthy person. Sort of makes you stop and think, even if you are not in a high risk group.

And it's funny where we "go" with it. The past four months have been very good for my writing, but pretty useless for my art... just haven't felt inspired.

In many ways, politics has long frustrated me. For the vast majority, the most qualified people for various offices don't want to go anywhere near those positions... which leaves us with "the dregs" running the world, and that sort of scares me. But what can we really DO?