By a high star our course is set

Good News
In the time of the Covid-19 pandemic, people die but new lives also begin. So it felt wonderful beyond words to receive news of the birth of the newest addition to my extended family, another Grand Niece, daughter of my Leapling niece, Rebecca. Welcome to Charlotte Isabelle Gaunt. She begins her life in 2020 and is surrounded by people who are already in love with her. Blessings be on her forever. The Irish poet Louis Macneice ends his poem Thalassa with the following words that I bequeath to Charlotte Isabelle:

By a high star our course is set,

Our end is Life. Put out to sea.