This is my alternative news outlet lately…
The Garden Gazette
Off with the news
out to the garden
plenty of good tidings to report there
The red of ripe tomatoes
peeking from a tangle of foliage
zucchini lurking like green submarines
below the surface of splaying leaves
a raspberry to pluck here and there
the green beans are longer than yesterday
maybe tomorrow for dinner?
dangling cucumbers play hide and seek
eluding my grasp
the sunflowers have opened their cheery faces
to the delight of probing bumblebees
the eggplants are ready to pick!
This is a better way to begin one’s day
in the company of bees
to the whirr of hummingbird’s wings
to the gifts of my labors
the earth brings forth
By Alanna Pass 
Love this poem, Alanna! It’s what I’ve done. Taken all News apps off my phone. Hiking around the hills in my neighborhood, doing Zumba and hitting the beach.
Miss you and Raymond. Sorry I’m not going to see you next month, but am happy about spending Troms with Gareth and Felicia abs meeting their new pooch!
Love you! Ma
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Such a great title, Alanna, and yes! Seeking out the good tidings we can find – flowers, bees, harvest. They help so much with the other kinds of tidings that creep in even when we try to shut off all of our devices. Thank you for this. I’ve shared it with friends. Thanks for keeping your words and art in front of us.
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Thank you so much for your comment, Sarah. It was one of those mornings where I was saying to myself “why bother”? But now I know it is good to bother. Thanks for reminding me!🙏
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YES YES YES
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