Joy Not Joy

There were many ripples on the pond today. And in thinking about my recent correspondence with Grace,

http://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2017/09/how-its-all-the-same-how-its-just-love-just-life-as-in-being-alive.html

there has been Joy and Not Joy.

I have been stitching the latest peace patch using Deb Lacativa cloth and floss

http://morewgalo.blogspot.com/2017/09/tooling-up-for-color.html

front ...

and back ...

Using (with her permission), Saskia's words, 

http://www.saskiavanherwaarden.com

here shown with the gift of her cloth, front ...

and back ...

"all this makes me so happy ... not the politics, the community"

But much as I love the community, the politics are also my/our reality ... Joy Not Joy.

And so I actively seek Joy, finding it again ...

https://itscrowtime.wordpress.com/2017/09/16/mending-our-beautiful-broken-world-with-love-and-peace

and again ...

http://handstories.typepad.com/blog/2017/09/gifts-of-peace.html

and again ...

https://paperponderings.blogspot.com/2017/09/thursday-thoughts_14.html