Art made by my spouse Judy for our first solar cooker
Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience.
—Alex Steffen, The Bright Green City, The Sun Magazine
Shawndra Miller 
I love this quote…to be optimistic ANYWAY. -from the happy little tune in “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas”…dahoodoray, da-hoo-dor-ay… :)))
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