Change is in the Air
Can you feel it too?
There’s a 1875 house in our neighborhood that was completely gutted last month as it undergoes a complete makeover.
Old houses have remarkable stories to tell. Getting an up-close chance to see the original bones of this one has really moved me. And not just because our home, built around the same time, looks almost exactly the same.
It’s like seeing our house naked. Like the day it was born. Full of potential and possibility.
It’s a fitting metaphor, too. I love how it echoes a bigger “clearing” going on in the United States, or at least what appears to me as a clearing: a peeling of layers, the exposing of dead wood, a close up view of the vision and structure that the framers of the Constitution had intended for “We the People” back in 1787.1
This is just one of my ah-has that came to me as I watched the August video recap of life in the slow lane.*
As months go, August in New England has always been one of my favorites. I love that most everyone is away and I get our beautiful town all to myself.
I love the chorus of crickets that envelops our back yard in the early evening, the cooler temperatures whispering fall, the fresh coats of paint piles of mulch at our local elementary school signaling the start of a new school year. (That is the beautiful colored walkway gracing the front of the school in the photo above.)
And yet, for all this predictable simplicity that I love, it was no ordinary August. My daily photo log and musings seemed to point to some kind of change — from the subtle and seasonal to the tectonic and transformational.
You can watch my visual take on it below.
Change is in the air. Can you feel it too? Tell us how in the comments below.
Ahhh 🏡
Video
Life in the Slow Lane — August 2024
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Music credit: “The best is yet to come” by Nancy Wilson
Questions to journey home with…
What big changes, if any, are you seeing, or going through right now?
What is your favorite month of the year?
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In case you missed it…
Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.
I loved this including the song by Nancy Wilson. It brought back memories. I saw her in concert so many years ago in California. Today is my 81st birthday and I know big changes are coming, but I’m confident I can handle them, especially with the help of family. I continue to do my fiber art and my creativity felt like it took a big bump after a very successful Art show a week ago. I’m a caregiver to my 85 year old husband who has dementia, but we manage pretty well and appreciate the time we have together. We still dance (literally and figuratively) in this ever changing life after 61 years of marriage. Thank you, Stephanie, for your meaningful posts. Oh yes, and let’s put Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the White House!
Change is in the air here in New Zealand but it's Spring and our days are getting warmer. It naturally feels like a great time to declutter and make space in life for what is to come. I pray for a world change where all forms of evil are recognised and rooted out and good wins over and that there is peace and abundance for all mankind. Just a small wish🙏🙏🙏