Oh, sage and lavender. Of course! I should have recognized the lavender. I have quite a bit of it myself. I absolutely love the aroma. This year I'm going to dry some.

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.

Yes, at the end of the day, all the squabbling and bickering going on is so senseless. I think people are going to make themselves sick with anger and stress about it all, and then they will be more vulnerable to the virus.

I don't know why we don't get more truly great people wanting to be in the top leadership roles. Maybe they're too smart. This is something I've begun to fear more than ever before - that people who may be wily in certain ways want to govern, but those could really make a difference are just: "No. I'll age naturally, thank you."