We received a nice email from our friend Monika Pfändler, from Switzerland, greeting us for our anniversary. Here is a fragment of her message and the poem she dedicated to us:
Before starting work at home, I walk around my town every day, which is called “Speicher”. "Speicher" means "warehouse" and this name originated in the 13th century during the height of the St. Gallen monastery. At that time there was a granary (warehouse) of the monastery under the roof of the village church. On May 15, 1403 the so-called battle of “Vögelinsegg” took place. Peasants from Speicher and surrounding villages became independent from the monastery and city of St. Gallen and formed their own department. "Vögelinsegg" means ‘Little Bird Corner’: it was in this place that I wrote the little poem, accompanied by a singing blackbird.
The day before yesterday I took these two photos on my way so you can envisage where the good wishes for Rural Libraries were born.
With a big hug!
Monika
In these times...
where people are locked away
the flowers wink under the snow and open,
when humans struggle to breathe
mother earth takes a breath.
A blackbird begins to sing
and people sing, from balconies to empty streets.
We can begin to realize what we are:
We are land, water, wind, sun ... at all times.
It must be a special day, a birthday!
Happy birthday to all the people of Rural Libraries
in all your wanderings!
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