Today we began our days of staying in since the keeper is back to her other work--she says that when she leaves with the briefcase she is earning what pays for our high priced cat food and our vet bills. When we asked her what she was doing today she said that she had some important meetings, one at SU. She told us how she likes to go to the chapel there and take in the sculpture Gratia Plena.
She said that life these days seems like Gratia Plena, with the beautiful garden, with the long spring light, with connections with friends and colleagues, with new possibilities into the future. Out of doubt, loss, distress, come grace in abundance.
Tonight she made us watch a Ken Burns DVD about Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and we heard Sojourner Truths' words about women's suffrage, "We'll have our rights. See if we don't. You can't stop us from it. See if you can. You may hiss as much as you like, but it's coming!" We think that this may be a good refrain for the recent women's convocation. We understand the hissing part ...so much noise and commotion when we are afraid. It's hard to understand how some could be so afraid of equal rights for women in society and religious institutions.
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