A little dog’s unabated night torments from unrelenting exploding fireworks, very near and far.
Rotterdam Junction, New York. The Mohawk is serene today, the sun out and it will be warm and muggy in this region. I try to be at peace. Walked the dog. She, of course, probably doesn’t remember her terror, as we humans might. But I remember it and wonder how long a human organ like the heart can stand the stress I can’t seem to alleviate.
Alleviate it must and shall.
Prayed overlooking the river a while ago. Let the happy, peaceful images come — river, small rabbit foraging, the birds….
July 5th, 2023.
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