from A New Zealand Prayer Book:
“It is night after a long day. What has been done has been done; what has not been done has not been done; let it be.”
Find time to not do a thing but notice.
Last evening my husband and I watched The West Wing episode, “In Excelsis Deo.” I showed it each year to my students. (Though I struggled to show it this past December because the internet rarely worked in the college building and the projector was often down.) I would hand out a page identifying the characters and I used to pause the episode several times to provide information: The story of the gay teenager beaten to death was true, homelessness is disproportionately high among veterans of every war, and the man threatening to out Leo is shut down by members of his own party. In those days there were a lot of Republicans who also had moral standards, who were determined to “act like it.”
I miss that. If you have never watched the series, I urge you to find it on Netflix. It is a reminder of how governing is supposed to work.
IMPERFECT PATIENCE 
Great suggestion! Happy Holidays to you and your husband. Your writing and photos are always lovely and inspiring!
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Thank you, Karen! I hope you have a lovely and inspired day.
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Jan, Happy Holidays to you and your family! It’s been a pleasure reading your blog this year, and I look forward to more great posts in 2020 🙂
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Thank you so much for your good wishes, Adam. My best to you and yours. (And I will do my best!)
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I will watch it. In reference to your blog post about clothing. Buy new underwear and it doesn’t look like Halloween!
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Gary says to buy underwear before the year ends.
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Hi Jan, It’s me, Elaine from NaNoWriMo. Thanks for the suggestion about the West Wing episode, I will look for it. Best wishes for the coming New Year.
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Hi, Elaine! And best wishes to you in the new year too!
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