Risking delight

Sitting up in bed, sipping coffee next to the open window not quite listening to BBC4's continuing coverage of the Queen's last exit (Anglophilia and demos being challenged bedfellows on such occasions), as the dogs still snooze ... My daily delight (minus the funeral), lately.

It's been my main message these many years, writing and teaching, that (as Margaret Renkl quotes Jack Gilbert) we must "risk delight" while we have the opportunity. The seasonal transition to autumn, astronomical and meteorological, is such an opportunity. “Be joyful though you have considered all the facts,” as The Mad Farmer says. Sorrow is ubiquitous, but oh the goldenrods and aster... (continues)

	Phil Oliver ⁦‪@OSOPHER‬⁩ Beautiful writing, deep reflection from ⁦‪@MargaretRenkl‬⁩ on seasonal transitions and why we must allow ourselves to "risk delight" while we can. nytimes.com/2022/09/19/opi…   9/19/22, 7:06 AM