peninsula stage 3 lockdown...

NOTE: I imagine that beaches are only open because this is mid-winter...
No one lies around on the beach in winter...It's just for walking...

Watersheds...

As a lover of water, I am drawn to the Canadian initiative Watersheds... 'Sweet Water: Poems for the Watersheds' is an anthology of 100+ emerging and established poets illuminating the impact of humans on the world’s waterways. #ALECC2020 https://t.co/oaAMKLnXTr via @YouTube

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 9, 2020

Beholden...

'Beholden' arises out of a larger project titled River Relations = collaboration of artists. The poem =114-foot banner of the entire Columbia River, has been exhibited as part of a number of gallery presentations displayed in the Pacific Northwest.https://t.co/IbKvcnUQ9G

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 9, 2020

An acclaimed poet and associate professor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Rita Wong investigates the relationships between contemporary poetics, social justice, ecology, and decolonization. For some time now, she has been researching the poetics of water.

night time mystery...

under cover
of night
colours
dream
a surreal sleep #tanka https://t.co/3qqUjN1gVs

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 8, 2020

night blossom...

Intriguing play of fluid shapes and love the working of gold tones... https://t.co/lPx8HmqFJS

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 8, 2020

a PD option?...

Looks like an interesting 'watershed' option for my PD hours needed to renew my teacher's registration. https://t.co/VmVANJIj1m pic.twitter.com/bRsurNKpYs

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 8, 2020

Daniel Andrews...

I've been following your Tweets closely - for information + extra encouragement you add. But this Tweet is your best. That first sentence really touched me, as it should touch others. You are constantly letting us know that you feel our pain, our worry + you're there with us.🙏🙏

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 8, 2020

wife and child in a car...

The woman's face is striking...her eyes... haunted...and the contrast of the child's face...only partially visible... but eyes appear semi-closed... as if the child is barely connecting... Even the woman's upright pose is striking ....seems defiant. This is quite an image...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 8, 2020

Even the car's condition suggests it has weathered a storm or two..

A drama in a freeze-frame...

Waiting for a Miracle...

Waiting for a Miracle: Historical Novel by Helen (Wininger) Livnat
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Within the first few pages of Waiting for a Miracle we learn that All Jewish boys older than ten years of age, are to be taken from their families to be disappeared somewhere in the Russian prairies. And so the many shadows around being a Jew in Romania, threatened first by Russians, Germans and then Russians, from the eras of World War I to II, begin. Through several generations of one family, we feel what it is like to live in a borrowed country on borrowed time. But finally, one hope consistently emerges in an unexpected form...a violin, Feivel's violin. Feivel's playing opens what appear to be impossible doors. By the close of the novel, I felt a sense of incredible shock and admiration for the strength of these people. Somehow, the current 2020 suffering of covid-19 lockdowns tends to pale into frustrating discomfort by comparison. Even the epilogue stirs the spirit. The author returns to key places in the novel and tells of what she finds and how she feels there. A very moving, unforgettable novel.

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in the shadow of covid-19...

I am totally with you...'derailed' is a great word to explain the feeling... Struggling 2 focus+should be re-hashing lessons - Term 3...I can't do it...Can't face school emails over the last couple of days... 2 new classes starting this semester + begin 'physical sight unseen'...

— Gemma Wiseman (@AuraGem) July 8, 2020