Marianne's Three Favorite Things: March 2024

Spring has arrived and the beloved poet, Mary Oliver says it best.

I rose this morning early as usual,

and went to my desk.

But it’s spring,

and the thrush is in the woods,

somewhere in the twirled branches, and he is singing.

And so, now, I am standing by the open door.

And now I am stepping down onto the grass.

I am touching a few leaves.

I am noticing the way the yellow butterflies

move together, in a twinkling cloud, over the field.

And I am thinking: maybe just looking and listening

is the real work.

Maybe the world, without us,

is the real poem.

Art:

$300M Hedreen Collection gifted to Seattle University.

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Plant pollen expert and early climatologist.

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An inspirational look at the world of contemporary interior design.

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