Coffee, Catch-Ups, and Canals

It's been a full day.

Coffee and catch up with a couple we go back with a long time and with whom we always have great conversation; straight to pick up my sister and husband for lunch and a wander at Hopwas; dropped them off and picked up Deb and kids for dinner with another couple we also go back a long way with, and also have great catch ups with.

Gratefuls:
- people who have time for us, and who listen well
- a wonderful lunch at the Tame Otter with Leyna and Dave (even though they didn't have almost everything Dave asked for - maybe because it was a Monday?)
- no rain while we were walking in Hopwas woods (though it rained heavily before and after)

Not so good - time here almost gone, and not got done half of what I'd planned, oh well...

Quote from an article I loved about the value of caring for small things:

But when faced with tsunamis of despair, whether billions of dead birds or thousands of dead civilians, it is best not to be overcome but to step back. If we drown, we will lack the breath needed to work for change. All hope is local. Most change is small.