Glacial Erratics

When I go home to my mother and step dad we drink tea, talk of many things, and look at poetry books. I was there this weekend.

We speak a language, that, as far as I can tell, just doesn't play well anywhere else. I suspect this is the way of many families.

They are on their way to England for a visit.

(I've just recieved my renewed UK passport back from the British consulate and I must say I'm incredibly relieved. In this day and age it doesn't pay to walk around without your papers. I have to be prepared to be arrested for sedition at any time.

It took the British government just over 2 weeks to renew my expired passport. So far it is taking the US government 10 months and counting to renew my green card. I'm told to expect a year which actually means 18 months, which other sources say actually means more than two years.)

Primary topic of conversation: when pursuing a better world is the best strategy pursuit of a quiet, inner and individual peace or an intense level of active engagement that may well ripple the surface of the world but at some torment to your inner health? Anyone think they know? I would love to hear it: I vacillate between these two positions by the minute, especially in times like these.