Hope

[gaudior]

My wife has written a really cool essay about video games, frustration, and hope.

I do not have nearly as much to say, but I did spend the morning planting crocus and daffodil bulbs in the front yard of our building, which in previous springs sprouted only wood chips, cigarette butts, and dog shit. I don't know that any of these flowers will come up this spring (despite the fertilizer I added the soil quality is, as you might imagine, terrible) any more than I know our horrifying political situation or the pandemic will be any closer to better by then.

But I planted the bulbs, and people walking by smiled at me under their masks. And now I'm gonna go phonebank for a bit.

<3
R

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thanks for the reminder

[redbird]

I just ordered bulbs--daffodils, crocuses, and dwarf irises.

[nineweaving]

Hope springs eternal, but it needs to be planted first.

Love, like a yellow daffodil,
Is coming through the snow.
[...]
Ring out, bells of Cambridge,
And let the people come and go.
All shall be well again, I know.

Nine

[jesse_the_k]

Ahhh, thank you for pointing me to that lovely song!

[sovay]

But I planted the bulbs, and people walking by smiled at me under their masks.

I am glad of that.