Lughnasa\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Artemis Moon<\/p>\n
Kate’s birthday has drawn to a close.\u00a0 We spent part of the afternoon continuing to assemble her long-arm quilter.\u00a0 This machine is big, a full 10 feet in length, large enough for a queen size quilt.\u00a0 We have the base set up and need now to put on the rollers and mount the quilting sewing machine.\u00a0 That’s the last step and she’ll be off to the races.<\/p>\n
In some ways birthdays are so ordinary.\u00a0 Every one has them.\u00a0 They commemorate a day, a particular spot in the earth’s orbit, when birth occurs.\u00a0 Births are common; we’ve each been through at least one, the women among us sometimes many more than one.\u00a0\u00a0 People are common; there are billions of us.\u00a0 Billions.<\/p>\n
At the macro level birthdays are ordinary.\u00a0 But in the particular, in the idiosyncratic, in the once ever in all of history side to it, birthdays are downright unique, very special, celebrating the beginning of a life, a life that will never be lived again, will never be lived by anyone else.\u00a0 So special.<\/p>\n
Take Kate, for instance.\u00a0 There is no other person on all the earth, in all of history like her.\u00a0 She’s a combination of genes, a lived history, a spark, a singularity.\u00a0 She has a rare compassion, a keen mind, manual dexterity, dogged persistence, creativity and a talent for relationship.\u00a0 I’ve been lucky that my own journey joined hers.<\/p>\n
Here’s to another 20 journeys around our Sol, maybe 25, for Kate and me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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