This is what you shall do
by Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass called Love the Earth…
“This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body.”
“This is what you shall do…” by Walt Whitman, from the preface of Leaves of Grass. Public domain.
Happy Summer, everyone!
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My summer is insanely busy but it’s all good things. It’s nice to have problems such as having to decide which thing I love doing will get done tonight.
I hope your summer is going well too. A while back, you mentioned editing a manuscript. How’s that coming along? I loved Seeking Sara Summers, and I’m looking forward to whatever you put out next.
Hi Scout,
My summer is busy, too. It’s nice to hear how much you are enjoying yours. All revisions are finalized on my latest manuscript. It’s nice to get that off my desk. But I just got word that my agent is retiring, which has put me in a total regrouping mode. Life is interesting.