My greetings and hugs to all. I hope your October is giving way to many moments of 'keeping it going'. It surely has been a challenge in my life of late. I sat on the couch with my folks (I'm up in Anacortes 3-4 days a week) watching the debate and tried my best to be calm and loving in my experience but it was just too hard. I ended up listening to the recording of Many a Mile to give me some ground and it surely helped. It all seemed so surreal; with all the troubles in the world we are electing our leader in such a bizarre way;name calling, sound bites and mean spirited campaigns. Is this world truly a real place? I've been asking that question a lot lately...it just seems so weird and strange. I've been watching Linda this first month of school and it just doesn't make any sense. She is an awesome teacher, well read, smart, kind, understanding, patient, knowledgeable. She has nearly 27 years experience and one would think that the best way to utilize her talents would be to have her spending her time in teaching children. Yet so much of her day is spent in doing everything but teach. Her teaching partner of many many years has been shifted out to another school half the day, which also uses up a great deal of both of their time. Though the results of the schools tests didn't give them a passing score(given the fact that they have the largest ELL population in the district) the district is taking away a big part of their tools in trying to help these kids. I just don't get it! Add one more thing to a long list of things I just don't understand.
It is such a strange experience to sit and listen to Tom and Richard sing on their CD. With the amazing recordings that Richard put together it really is just like having them sitting on the couch beside me.It seems SO REAL! Some of the most heart opening experiences I've had in this life have been singing with those two and all of you....there is still a part of me that just cannot believe that Tom is really gone. I still feel his presence so strongly in my life at times like these. I can hear his voice rooting for his candidate. I wish he would have had the opportunity to see some of the amazing changes we will be seeing. He would have gotten so excited! I guess that's up to us now.This gift of life truly is a great blessing. So many opportunities to do the best we can and use the gifts of music to lift our world a little bit higher. May your October unfold with many moments of peace and clarity. Gratefully yours, Dale
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