vol. 5 AOS 3
The week in review from docu-mental and News from the Ensouled Universe.
Greetings,
Here are the meatier bits posted here this week, followed by some notes of color and sound from my time recently spent split between one of my favorite cities, Chicago, and its immediate suburb, Evanston, where I had never been before.
I do apologize about not getting the latest new map out to you on Thursday. But, uh, if you’re following along lately, you are probably okay with my need to be a bit flexible with things. But that is getting sorted very soon.
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Throughout this week…
Lake Michigan intrigued me with how much it acts like an ocean. In my mind, a lake just kind of stays flat unless there is wind to ripple it. But this is a really big lake. It’s not the biggest of the Great Lakes, of course, but it is like an interior sea.
Here it is in its sunny day glory…
And here it is at its JMW Turner watercolor best…
Evanston is where I had the utterly delightful surprise of finding streets filled with sturdy old American Elms. They have been rare ever since the 1930s when Dutch Elm disease began wiping out so many of these blessed native shade trees that once lined our city and suburban streets.
It’s also where I came across the small but worthy Mitchell Musem of the American Indian, where there was a moving tribute and call to action on behalf of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Here is a portrait of an indigenous woman who was abducted and murdered, a victim of the kind of violence that 8 out of 10 indigenous women in the US and Canada experience every day.
In case you or someone you know is impacted by this gross inhumanity, scan this code:
Be kind.
Peace,
Whitney