Flying pigs . . .

In Freya's mailbox this 14th day in 2023 April, an interesting mélange …

There’s always a cost for doing the right thing. We don’t have to pretend that there’s no downside to Bragg’s indictment of Trump in order to conclude that he did the right thing. He did. – Philip Rotner

[H[opes and fears and emotions of all kinds need not be regarded as obstacles, nor as a big deal...friends, enemies, and those who are indifferent to you could all be regarded as reminders for overcoming passion, aggression, and ignorance. – Chögyam Trungpa

“Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” – Anne Lamott

Every time you wake up and love your life and the world, you're praying . . . I'm sure of it. – Mary Oliver. See also: Dog Songs

FYI: I’m out of pocket this weekend attending The Oklahoma Symposium The annual event is as good a reason as any to gather a gaggle of liberal democrats (and a few republicans who can remember when that was a critically reasoned realistic political path) to eat, drink, and share matters of significant concern — it IS a Symposium. As noted on the “about” page of this blog, this may be an occasion when I miss a post …

Oh, I almost forgot. Last week I read about a woman whose pet pig—named “Freedom”—accompanied her to Seattle by plane. I guess some pigs do fly. – Cynthia Thatcher