Poetry of music: Arlo, with the story of Amazing Grace
You might have heard the story behind Amazing Grace, but it still shares the chills that the story always gives….along with a moment to remember Steve Goodman. Here’s Arlo & Shenandoah:
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Whales: Good news, all around…
First – the blue whales – they’re back!!!!! California blue whales, the largest animals on Earth once driven to near extinction by whaling, have made a remarkable comeback to near historic, 19th-century levels, according to a University of Washington study released on Friday. The recovery makes California blue whales – which study authors say now…
Thoughts: Randall’s desert island….
Whenever someone says, “Wow! There’s such a calm evening! Nothing going on!” looking over the ocean, I tend to think of Randall Munroe‘s reminder:
Writings: One year. Cool ’nuff. Carry on….
Well, you’ve been with me for a while now, so you know the story. I love it, a year after getting “The World According to Brother Ian” going, that somewhere between 250-400 people check into this blog each day. Some of you write me, occasionally you comment beneath each posting, sometimes you hit “like” on…
ENC: It was wheat after all…not just gluten. Dr. Davis calls it a perfect, chronic poison
The “Emperor’s New Clothes” part of this blog offers a look at things that most people see & say, “Rubbish.” My hope is that we look at things a bit more closely than that…in this case, to see what a well-educated doctor has discovered & is taking some risks to share. It would be easy…
Writings: Thanissaro Bhikkhu: As one world falls apart, you create another one and go there…
“Samsara literally means “wandering-on.” Many people think of it as the Buddhist name for the place where we currently live — the place we leave when we go to nibbana. But in the early Buddhist texts, it’s the answer – not to the question, “Where are we?” but to the question, “What are we doing?”…
Poetry: Harryette Mullen, From Tanka Diary
From Tanka Diary Harryette Mullen The botanical garden is just as I remember, although it is certain that everything has changed since my last visit. How many hilarious questions these fuzzy fiddleheads are inquiring of spring will be answered as green ferns unfurl? Walking the path, I stop to pick up bleached bark from a…
Intuitives: Remember, in that other life time?
Those of you who have been following me know I’ve explored a number of ways the world works (and sometimes doesn’t work, the way we expect), and know that I’ve had past life regression sessions off & on since 1984. So, it was exciting to run into Jane Jackson (here’s her website). Besides offering reiki…
Writings: Find the shampoo
The drug store on the corner just changed owners & its name. I was glad to see they kept most of the workers from before the change. Really needed some shampoo. Went & asked the woman who was stocking the shelves (who I believe has the biggest smile in the place )where it was, now.…
Starpeople: Laura Magdalene Eisenhower, with looking outside of self & looking within
The other day I was daydreaming (when I was supposed to be meditating – what do you do?) about the time when I was six years old and my good parents took me to church one Sunday, with my brothers & sisters. For some magical reason, the sermon that Sunday was about the first bit…
Thoughts: A little note from Rumi…
Your face is a beautiful sunny day; More beautiful than the brightness of the day. Brighter than the day. Wine is good, but the cupbearer Is better than the wine. Every hidden thing opens today. The heart reaches endless wishes. Like a falcon catching a pigeon. Every lover gets his deserved Blessing from the Beloved.…
Whales: Hurting & killing whales, with sonar
You’ve heard about it – the US & Canadian Navies have conducted exercises in both oceans surrounding the countries that include ear-splitting, trauma-to-whales inducing sonar, and the efforts to bring injunctions to halt the procedure & policy & practice (they all tie together.) Here’s a report from this week’s Earth Talk.
Writings: A moment with Derek – Smart people don’t think others are stupid
Long ago, in my first year of teaching high school in New Orleans, I can still remember writhing with angst (that’s the way I talked then, too) when the kids would ask me something I didn’t know. They would ask, “Well, what year WAS it that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet?” or “Did they make YOU study…