No, I haven’t gone all fancy with noonday meals. I’m lucky enough to be away on retreat, so there’s a whole staff of kitchen workers pulling off these daily miracles.
And miracles they would absolutely seem to be if any of us were unfortunate enough to live in the drought-stricken areas of Africa.
Yes, this writing retreat is all about being silent and still – experiencing ‘still time’ to quiet the thoughts of the noisy world and focus in on the writing.
But it’s also 'still time' in that there are still a couple of days when the federal government will match donations we make on behalf of the starving children, women and men who had the bad luck to be born across the world from where we live.
The CBC website serves as a clearing house for a number of charitable groups. Of course, you may well already have your own favourite charity.
We have until the 16th to get in on the promised matching funds from the government.
I hope you feel this cause is as important as I do. And that maybe you’ll look at your next meal a little differently, perhaps with more gratitude for all you have.
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