Wildfires, Blackouts & Resilience
Wildfires, Blackouts and Resilience
By now most everybody has heard of the rolling power outages due to very strong Santa Ana winds and the wildfire threat here in California. We have experienced blackouts for large blocks of time on a couple of interspersed days and are expecting more. So, I thought I'd take advantage of this moment of computer access to check in with you and share my latest word.
Resilience- recovering readily from adversity, illness, depression, or the like,
the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent,
compressed or stretched... (Webster's Dictionary)
This word is reverse appliquéd, the smallest letters measuring 2 inches and the largest measuring 4.5 inches (see this link for another example of this technique:
https://creativelifesampler.blogspot.com/2019/10/writing-with-fabric-last-month-i.html ). Actually, I had planned to finish up a few things on the machine this week, but, well,... when you don't have electricity, you look for other ways to be productive in the daylight hours. These power outages have given me a new appreciation for my New England friends who have to deal with long outages in winter; at least we aren't dealing with extremely cold temperatures.
It just seems so timely that I should be working on this word right now. As more and more people deal with minor inconveniences to daily routines or major changes in their lives and futures due to circumstances beyond their control, we may all eventually be called upon to be resilient. It may not always be possible "to return to the original form," but resilience involves rising above adversity and reaching out for something better than what we've left behind.
Well, there's plenty of peanut butter and crackers in the cabinet. Solar lights are all powered up. And I'm thinking a lot of appliqué work is going to get done in the near future. All will be well.
By now most everybody has heard of the rolling power outages due to very strong Santa Ana winds and the wildfire threat here in California. We have experienced blackouts for large blocks of time on a couple of interspersed days and are expecting more. So, I thought I'd take advantage of this moment of computer access to check in with you and share my latest word.
Resilience- recovering readily from adversity, illness, depression, or the like,
the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent,
compressed or stretched... (Webster's Dictionary)
This word is reverse appliquéd, the smallest letters measuring 2 inches and the largest measuring 4.5 inches (see this link for another example of this technique:
https://creativelifesampler.blogspot.com/2019/10/writing-with-fabric-last-month-i.html ). Actually, I had planned to finish up a few things on the machine this week, but, well,... when you don't have electricity, you look for other ways to be productive in the daylight hours. These power outages have given me a new appreciation for my New England friends who have to deal with long outages in winter; at least we aren't dealing with extremely cold temperatures.
It just seems so timely that I should be working on this word right now. As more and more people deal with minor inconveniences to daily routines or major changes in their lives and futures due to circumstances beyond their control, we may all eventually be called upon to be resilient. It may not always be possible "to return to the original form," but resilience involves rising above adversity and reaching out for something better than what we've left behind.
Well, there's plenty of peanut butter and crackers in the cabinet. Solar lights are all powered up. And I'm thinking a lot of appliqué work is going to get done in the near future. All will be well.
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