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Date Posted: Tue, September 19 2023, 5:07:42
Author: Kathy in PA
Subject: AOTD from “Go Tell The Bees That I’m Gone” by Diana Gabaldon published in 2021




PROLOGUE

YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING is coming. Something—a specific, dire, and awful something—WILL happen. You envision it, you push it away. It rolls slowly, inexorably, back into your mind.

You make what preparation you can. Or you think you do, though your bones know the truth—there isn’t any way to sidestep, accommodate, lessen the impact. It WILL come, and you will be helpless before it.

You know these things.

And yet, somehow, you never think it will be today.



Wow! I had forgotten that one. I chose Bees today because I hadn’t ever heard of the custom before the book and since, I’ve encountered telling the bees at least three times. I like learning about the natural way of things that have stood over the years. I just found a wee wooly bear caterpillar yesterday and he had a huge orange stripe. Bad winter maybe?

I also chose it because I live close to a lot of the places in this book and it was easy to follow along and picture the adventures.

But as I typed the prologue this morning it just made me kind of identify how I’m feeling about the natural disasters we’re having. Claire knows she’s facing war; I’m not exactly what sure I’m facing but I work on living in the present with gratitude for this beautiful fall day and spreading what good will I can instead of “henny - penny” ing it over the state of the world.

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[> QOTD for Tuesday, September 19, 2033. A bit of “A G E” showing. Lol -- Kathy in PA, Tue, September 19 2023, 5:11:02


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[> I've only read "Bees" once so far, so I didn't remember the prologue. This is so powerful. -- DianaH, Wed, September 20 2023, 7:42:20


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