Beautifully written Elizabeth. I love your description of Jim, especially this "Jim’s voice is gentle, truthful, slow and rolling like the fields he farms" He sounds like just the kind of man I would love to meet.
I also appreciate how you capture the complexity and diversity of local politics. Away from the toxicity of Westminster with all the slander, scheming, incompetence, pride, and sometimes corruption, it is good to be reminded that faithful local politicians who dearly love their local communities do exist (and are in the majority) and can work beyond the "boundaries of colour." (or boundaries of the rosette).
Your words help us readers to see beyond the surface and reflect on important ideas. Please keep writing. I hope by deciding not to run for local office you aren’t retreating from the front line as you clearly have a lot to offer. I’m eager to hear more practical vision and solution from you because that is the leadership we need and I hope you will one day offer. Though I appreciate your poetic way of describing the inadequacy of many current systems, I’m eager to hear your proposal for something real and different , beyond your preferred words like ‘connection’ and ‘imagination.’ If you were running for a higher office, what would your policies and proposals for actual change be? From what I read in your work, I think you have this potential in you. I’m just not reading that leadership quite yet.
Beautifully written Elizabeth. I love your description of Jim, especially this "Jim’s voice is gentle, truthful, slow and rolling like the fields he farms" He sounds like just the kind of man I would love to meet.
I also appreciate how you capture the complexity and diversity of local politics. Away from the toxicity of Westminster with all the slander, scheming, incompetence, pride, and sometimes corruption, it is good to be reminded that faithful local politicians who dearly love their local communities do exist (and are in the majority) and can work beyond the "boundaries of colour." (or boundaries of the rosette).
Your words help us readers to see beyond the surface and reflect on important ideas. Please keep writing. I hope by deciding not to run for local office you aren’t retreating from the front line as you clearly have a lot to offer. I’m eager to hear more practical vision and solution from you because that is the leadership we need and I hope you will one day offer. Though I appreciate your poetic way of describing the inadequacy of many current systems, I’m eager to hear your proposal for something real and different , beyond your preferred words like ‘connection’ and ‘imagination.’ If you were running for a higher office, what would your policies and proposals for actual change be? From what I read in your work, I think you have this potential in you. I’m just not reading that leadership quite yet.