While walking in the woods this afternoon near Tanglewood . . .
He stopped and turned to look at me when I said, “Wait! I was going to make espresso!” (which is what I always say when I meet a bear who is too shy to approach me).
To bring light to a holiday season in dark times, after we’ve done everything that we could do, all we have left is defiant joy and celebrations of love: self love, romantic love, love of friends and family, love of community, and love of the arts and nature.