Red’s list of beliefs has the ring of truth and conviction. It reads a bit like Annie Dillard or–shoot, someone else whose name I can’t remember right now. (Gretel Ehrlich!–thanks Patti and Duckie for reminding me.) She was a writer who was struck by lightning and who was a sheepherder for a few years in Wyoming. Anyone know who I’m talking about? I read her book three times and still can’t recall her name, but she was given to philosophizing as she recorded the everyday events of her life and loved her writing as I love this piece of Red’s writing…Judy
Here are my ten thoughts about the world today.
1. Sometimes I miss carrying people but it’s nice to swing my arms when I walk and have no worries.
2. I had lost touch with how intensely self-conscious my Nicaraguan children sometimes were in places we went as a white family but I am remembering it now and wish I’d really understood what I was seeing when I was seeing it.
3. If there is a God, I think he or she frequently gives people more than they can handle but they survive mostly because they decide to focus on what’s going to happen in the next five minutes.
4. I will never fully understand the concept of forgiveness although I do understand reaching a point of letting go of one’s rage before it becomes lethal.
5. Martin Niemoller’s caution still rings true even though we like to see it as…
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lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Are you thinking of “The Solace of Open Spaces” by Gretel Erlich?
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Yes! Thank you. I believe she lived near Sheridan for awhile, correct? I loved the chapter of her book where she described the wounded eagle climbing the hill.
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Phew. Thanks, Patti. I can’t believe I couldn’t remember her name.
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