During Covid 19 and our sheltering at home I have harnessed my energy through routines. I have always had a love/hate relationship with schedules but I have kept just enough of one to know what day it is and to keep my memory grounded in daily efforts. Without the habit of a pandemic journal–which includes a quote, a list of activities, and four quick drawings–I would have lost track of the way the spring unfolded or how we leaned into the ritual of an evening dog walk without the dog.
HARNESS
Little soul,
you and I will become
the memory
of a memory of a memory.
A horse
released of the traces
forgets the weight of the wagon.
–Jane Hirshfield, in Ledger, Alfred A. Knopf, 2020
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Here is one of my favorite quotes from Alice in Wonderland:
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where—” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“—so long as I get somewhere,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”