Sarah Bessey's Field Notes

Sarah Bessey's Field Notes

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Ordinary Work

Ordinary Work

All I know to do when I don’t know what to do.

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Oct 23, 2023
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I simply get to work on ordinary things.

This is all I know to do when I don’t know what to do.

We go for a walk in the Saturday morning’s cold. We pay attention to the snow dusting the tops of the mountains to the north and to the east of us: look at that, I say to the tinies in their toques, isn’t it beautiful? We pass a bit of time with neighbours as w…

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