Hope

"Hope is more verb than noun- an action, not a stance. It is movement. It is jumping into the messiness of it all. It is listening, learning, trying, stumbling; it is false starts and contradictory evidence." Lappe & Lappe

I read this earlier in the week and it just lingered with me. Maybe the mantra to my very good week...moving with like minded researchers in a direction that suddenly became clear to me.
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And in the kitchen, craving my mami's rice finally approximated it. I figured when she comes to visit I can really get the recipe down- for now this will do.