Daily Archives: August 5, 2003

Posted on by

As long as those of us who feel the joy of pushing our own bodies through this world express that joy, as Krista does in quotes such as the following, we'll be doing our part in inviting others to join us:

These are the things make me some days unable to stop smiling inside: When I pass a string of 30 young children all on bikes, orderly in a precarious but persistent way, all dutifully wearing helmets (and bookended at both ends and in the middle with a handful of brave adults), giving me shy hellos and smiles of recognition as a fellow bicyclist. When someone standing in front of their house, watering the lawn, or getting into their car, looks up and says "Good morning!"--and really means it.

Posted on by

Thanks, Lynn, for your very kind words about me:

I've been thinking about Raymond's drawer of dull knives. This proverb makes me sad, because it denigrates some of Raymond's true talents-- the ability to realize that there are connections between apparently unrelated things, and to pull together people who didn't know their work had anything to do with each other's. The ability to build tools to make these connections work.

Your response sparked all sorts of thoughts and feelings in me about interdisciplinarity, C. P. Snow, crossing community boundaries, wanting to be all things to all people, sadness about not fitting in the usual boxes, the desire to know that I'm doing ok....A more well-thought out response on my part to come.