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Dana Leigh Lyons's avatar

So beautiful, so powerful, Susie. I'm walking through a stretch of darkness during this time, and appreciate the reminder that there is more lightness here than I might've imagined. Thank you.

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Susie Middleton's avatar

It’s in there Dana! And know that we are there walking with you too, with tiny flashlights and torches and glass jars of fireflies and phosphorous and fairy lights and luminarias and sparklers - little bits of light to help you withstand the darkness, ❤️

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Dana Leigh Lyons's avatar

❤️

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appleton king's avatar

love the idea of finding light in darkness also spent a summer 2 years ago camping out on lake superior trying to parse out the amazing brain of Annie Dillard in that fine book even more amazing is the girl who is blind in real life playing the role in the movie you reference (of course as per usual book was better but....hey.....movies do the trick too...you seen Redford and Nolte in 2015 "

A Walk in the Woods"? i found it soothing somehow and honest without kow-towing to current identity politics etc. i may have emitted a tear and no main character dies lol)

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Susie Middleton's avatar

Well you had me with Redford and Nolte...will try to watch that. I loved All the Light You Cannot See - the book - but have not seen the movie yet. And I wish I had all the time in the world to just read read read! Someday! Thank you.

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Virginia Rose Barbatti's avatar

“But the moonlight threw a gauzy veil over the stars, and the sky instead was fuzzy with pale streaks and dim pinpricks.” Lovely description!

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Susie Middleton's avatar

Thank you Virginia. The starry sky is different every night!

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Gloria's avatar

Great essay....it does make me think a bit differently about the darkness...which has always frightened me.

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Susie Middleton's avatar

I’m actually amazed how differently I feel about it. Now I try to “see” things in the dark that I would never have looked for!

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Gloria's avatar

Thanks. I am a bit Leary of the possums, but, if you can do skunks, I should be ok.

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Susie Middleton's avatar

I hear you!

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Elissa Altman's avatar

This is so lovely--I didn’t know about the four Advent candles---

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Susie Middleton's avatar

We always lit them when I was growing up - one more each week - but I thought it was just in anticipation of Christmas - I don’t think I really understood what they represented!

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