Great Glen Way - Day 3 ps - Sound of Stream


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  1. AnonymousApril 17, 2023 at 3:04 PM

    Oh, hooray. Uploading worked. Listening with a sleeping 8 week old baby on my lap. The stream is as relaxing as baby breathing. Nancy

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    1. AnonymousApril 17, 2023 at 6:26 PM

      Isn’t it amazing how soothing the presence of a baby is - that wee warm weight and breathing and heartbeat? I wonder if that is why I sigh so deeply when a kitty settles herself on my body at night - that deep sigh of everything is as it should be. I love how we humans keep having babies even as life grows more uncertain. It makes me so want our earth-home to manage to survive in some kind of peaceful and livable state for them. I consider Chris and my new electric car a kind of prayer that our small fallible efforts will be enough …

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