Eclipsed

It’s Odin’s day, and the mailbox has its usual share of reminders . . .

This week marked the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement hammered out in 1998 after Northern Ireland's thirty years of violence. The agreement was reached after 700 days of brokered talks overseen by former U.S. Senator George Mitchel appointed to the task by then President Bill Clinton.

Today in 1775 The Battles of Lexington and Concord were fought on this date in 1775. “The shot heard 'round the world” began the American Revolutionary War.

“Revolution / Alone can save the earth from hell’s pollution.” – Lord Byron, who died on today's date in 1824.

On today's calendar: a rare solar eclipse.

Come with me into those things that have felt this

despair for so long . . . .

Who have given up, and blame everything on the

government,

And those roads in South Dakota that feel around

in the darkness … – Robert Bly

My sweetie and I hold hands, we’re a part of this enormous tract of goodwill in the middle of Skyscraper National Park. People in South Dakota may imagine New York as a hellhole of violence and corruption, and if this gives them comfort, fine, but we’re here and it’s April and everyone in our sight feels lucky to be here together. — Garrison Keillor