Winter is approaching
Cold, crackling leaves
DEATH
snaps frozen trees
shaking among a frigid
14 degrees
This upcoming winter solstice will bring a clearing, cleansing tide of change magnified by the full moon's powerful aspect in conjunction with the December 21 change of season.
Dec 26, 2010
Breaking and Entering
Love and kindness
Soft side
Photographs
moving picture
It's all a part of me
... parts of you
However brief
be free again
A horizon
Skyline
Perfect
Imperfect
Poisoned
I don't need you
take me anywhere
but right here
This present.
Soft side
Photographs
moving picture
It's all a part of me
... parts of you
However brief
be free again
A horizon
Skyline
Perfect
Imperfect
Poisoned
I don't need you
take me anywhere
but right here
This present.
Waste Free
Opposite late-night
convenience,
pre-made meals
and doggy bags
is a life that lives
without waste.
A waste-free life is not easy,
it's not quick
it contradicts
your entitlement.
Live without waste
consider consumption days ahead,
weeks ahead,
months
seasons
ahead
instead of minutes.
convenience,
pre-made meals
and doggy bags
is a life that lives
without waste.
A waste-free life is not easy,
it's not quick
it contradicts
your entitlement.
Live without waste
consider consumption days ahead,
weeks ahead,
months
seasons
ahead
instead of minutes.
Fawn
Delicate fawn with bristly rust-golden hair
Your hooves press thin columns of leg into hardened February snow,
the likes of which you have likely never seen.
Your black eyes follow the sleek silver passenger train rushing through the forest.
This is where I saw you.
And this is when I wondered, is the heat of your breath puffed from your snout warm enough to melt snow hiding berries and leaves?
Did mother deer teach you to make a woodland bed to keep you alive through blizzard-brutalized nights?
Fawn,
what God wouldn't share
its intelligence with such an innocent creature?
Your hooves press thin columns of leg into hardened February snow,
the likes of which you have likely never seen.
Your black eyes follow the sleek silver passenger train rushing through the forest.
This is where I saw you.
And this is when I wondered, is the heat of your breath puffed from your snout warm enough to melt snow hiding berries and leaves?
Did mother deer teach you to make a woodland bed to keep you alive through blizzard-brutalized nights?
Fawn,
what God wouldn't share
its intelligence with such an innocent creature?
DUST
Until the desert knows
That water grows
His lands suffice.
But let him once suspect
That Caspian fact
Sahara dies.
--Emily Dickenson
*Editors note: every single day we change
That water grows
His lands suffice.
But let him once suspect
That Caspian fact
Sahara dies.
--Emily Dickenson
*Editors note: every single day we change
Departure Day
No coming No going
No after No before
I hold you close to me
I release you to be so free
Because I am in you
and you are in me...
Because I am in you
and you are in me
No after No before
I hold you close to me
I release you to be so free
Because I am in you
and you are in me...
Because I am in you
and you are in me
Dec 13, 2010
The Discovery of Energy Fields in the 1940s
We live in the information age and as for human neurological evolution, I'd say, if you don't know you don't know. Messages, data, maps, videos, text, impulses, feelings, rumors and lies are storming our consciousness.
Managing the in-flow of information to our minds challenges the psyche that resists pollution of personal mind-space or, conversely, evades recognition altogether.
Supposedly, I can only speak for myself in this regard of awareness, however, I'm going to risk it and say there are many others who share an ability to absorb information--knowingness--from the universe. And that's why I share with you the following:
Managing the in-flow of information to our minds challenges the psyche that resists pollution of personal mind-space or, conversely, evades recognition altogether.
Supposedly, I can only speak for myself in this regard of awareness, however, I'm going to risk it and say there are many others who share an ability to absorb information--knowingness--from the universe. And that's why I share with you the following:
The Astral Body of Life Energy
Scientific discovery of the electromagnetic energy that forms an organizing template for the physical body is described in Vibrational Medicine (Rochester, Vermont: Bear and Company, 2001), by Richard Gerber, M.D.: "Neuroanatomist Harold S. Burr at Yale University during the 1940s was styuding the shape of energy fields"-- which he termed "fields of life" or "L-fields" -- "around living plants and animals. Some of Burr's work involved the shape of electrical fields surrounding salamanders. He found that the salamanders possessed an energy field roughly shaped like the adult animal. He also discovered that this field contained an electrical axis which was aligned with the brain and spinal cord. Burr wanted to find precisely when this electrical axis originated in the unfertilized egg.... Burr also experimented with the electrical fields around tiny seedlines. According to his research, the electrical field around a sprout was not the shape of the original seed. Instead the surrounding electrical field resembled the adult plant."
-- The Yoga of Jesus by Paramahansa Yogananda
Jun 10, 2010
How to channel your anger over the Gulf spill into actual change: all it takes is two phone calls
I have to hand it to Senator Lisa Murkowski.
She really knows her stuff-- how to please her donors. She receives some of the highest donations from coal and oil lobbyists in Congress. That's why she's trying to strip the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate industries that cause Climate Change and nasty "little" accidents in the Gulf.
But here's something that you and I can do that costs nothing and takes less than 5 minutes-- and actually makes a difference! We can participate in this process-- your senator needs to hear from you, otherwise, they can assume that you are OK with this!
The New York Times is reporting that "several of the moderates who are wavering on it are more likely to vote "yes" this week."
Watch Gillian Caldwell from 1Sky explain:
Now, here's something easy and effective you can do to make a difference: call your Senators (you only have two!--it's super easy) and let them know how you feel about the Murkowski Amendment. Personally, I'm going to advise mine to vote no on S.J. Resolution 26.
Find your representatives here: http://www.1sky.org/lookup
She really knows her stuff-- how to please her donors. She receives some of the highest donations from coal and oil lobbyists in Congress. That's why she's trying to strip the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to regulate industries that cause Climate Change and nasty "little" accidents in the Gulf.
But here's something that you and I can do that costs nothing and takes less than 5 minutes-- and actually makes a difference! We can participate in this process-- your senator needs to hear from you, otherwise, they can assume that you are OK with this!
The New York Times is reporting that "several of the moderates who are wavering on it are more likely to vote "yes" this week."
Watch Gillian Caldwell from 1Sky explain:
Now, here's something easy and effective you can do to make a difference: call your Senators (you only have two!--it's super easy) and let them know how you feel about the Murkowski Amendment. Personally, I'm going to advise mine to vote no on S.J. Resolution 26.
Find your representatives here: http://www.1sky.org/lookup
Jun 9, 2010
Is an oil spill on the East Coast near? Gulf Stream model shows a frightening possibility
Today brings reports of 15-feet-deep sludgy water, a Gulf Stream simulation predicting oil movement up the East Coast and a filmmaker who says there is a media blackout quelling coverage of the ceaselessly gushing Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Fifty days into this tragedy and the U.S. government cannot estimate just how much red-rust filth is spewing from an uncontrollable leak in the earth's crust.
Is there a culture among oil industry leaders and government officials that lacks accountability and the responsibility of environmental stewardship? Seems so.
Alas, it gets deeper.
Today Rich Matthews, an Associated Press writer, described his dive into the Gulf. As he lowers into the water, his goggles immediately smear with globs of putrid, deadly oil.
"The oil is so thick and sticky, almost like a cake batter. It does not wipe off. You have to scrape it off, in layers until you finally get close to the skin. Then you pour on some Dawn dishwashing soap and scrub. I think to myself: No fish, no bird, no turtle would ever be able to clean this off of themselves. If any animal, any were to end up in this same puddle there is almost no way they could escape," wrote Matthews.
Deepwater Horizon isn't the only accident that has Department of the Interior and oil industry experts stumped.
The leak at the drilling rig Ocean Saratoga in the Gulf of Mexico has been leaking on and off--it's not clear how much-- for up to six years.
"Assuming the leakage rate was always 14 daily gallons, that’s more than 30,600 gallons since 2004," according to Time.
Given that there are thousands of oil wells in the Gulf, it's not surprising that small spills are the norm.
The Deepwater spill promises that there is much more at stake. An informed public that catches a corporation raping mother earth in mid-act does not take the situation lightly. What's terrifying for the oil industry is possibility that Americans could realize we all share the blame.
It is illogical to suppose that complacency has created a culture allowing oil to flow uncontrollably. No one wants to see tar balls floating in the beautiful blue waters of the Gulf -- oil companies included. American demand for oil ensures that this black gold is accounted for to the best of their abilities.
Meanwhile, Memorial Day kicked off another summer swim season.
And AccuWeather's Carly Porter warns that there is a high likelihood of the East Coast's Gulf Stream snagging tar balls and washing them along the eastern seaboard. There is a 100 percent chance that the sludge will hit Pensacola this week and a 40 percent chance that Key West will see tar balls wash up on its shores in the same period. Click here for details.
The University Corporation of Atmospheric Research released this simulation that predicts that after three months, oil will have seeped to North Carolina's coast and beyond:
Humans lack the understanding and technology to stand up against geologic pressure and ocean currents that contain more complexity and power that we care to imagine or acknowledge.
President Barack Obama said he's looking for an ass to kick over this.
The anger rising among us should be channeled and put to use finding a real solution to the conundrum we have found ourselves in. We are the ones we have been waiting for!
Fifty days into this tragedy and the U.S. government cannot estimate just how much red-rust filth is spewing from an uncontrollable leak in the earth's crust.
Is there a culture among oil industry leaders and government officials that lacks accountability and the responsibility of environmental stewardship? Seems so.
Alas, it gets deeper.
Today Rich Matthews, an Associated Press writer, described his dive into the Gulf. As he lowers into the water, his goggles immediately smear with globs of putrid, deadly oil.
"The oil is so thick and sticky, almost like a cake batter. It does not wipe off. You have to scrape it off, in layers until you finally get close to the skin. Then you pour on some Dawn dishwashing soap and scrub. I think to myself: No fish, no bird, no turtle would ever be able to clean this off of themselves. If any animal, any were to end up in this same puddle there is almost no way they could escape," wrote Matthews.
Deepwater Horizon isn't the only accident that has Department of the Interior and oil industry experts stumped.
The leak at the drilling rig Ocean Saratoga in the Gulf of Mexico has been leaking on and off--it's not clear how much-- for up to six years.
"Assuming the leakage rate was always 14 daily gallons, that’s more than 30,600 gallons since 2004," according to Time.
Given that there are thousands of oil wells in the Gulf, it's not surprising that small spills are the norm.
The Deepwater spill promises that there is much more at stake. An informed public that catches a corporation raping mother earth in mid-act does not take the situation lightly. What's terrifying for the oil industry is possibility that Americans could realize we all share the blame.
It is illogical to suppose that complacency has created a culture allowing oil to flow uncontrollably. No one wants to see tar balls floating in the beautiful blue waters of the Gulf -- oil companies included. American demand for oil ensures that this black gold is accounted for to the best of their abilities.
Meanwhile, Memorial Day kicked off another summer swim season.And AccuWeather's Carly Porter warns that there is a high likelihood of the East Coast's Gulf Stream snagging tar balls and washing them along the eastern seaboard. There is a 100 percent chance that the sludge will hit Pensacola this week and a 40 percent chance that Key West will see tar balls wash up on its shores in the same period. Click here for details.
The University Corporation of Atmospheric Research released this simulation that predicts that after three months, oil will have seeped to North Carolina's coast and beyond:
Humans lack the understanding and technology to stand up against geologic pressure and ocean currents that contain more complexity and power that we care to imagine or acknowledge.
President Barack Obama said he's looking for an ass to kick over this.
The anger rising among us should be channeled and put to use finding a real solution to the conundrum we have found ourselves in. We are the ones we have been waiting for!
May 4, 2010
To build resilience, courage and community?
What other than a broken oil rig spewing into the Gulf of Mexico 210,000 gallons of sweet crude a day to remind us of the urgency peak oil?
"I die a little inside everytime I read something new about the spill." It's a sentiment I suspect is shared among millions. We are responsible and we have made a terrible mistake. Pacha Mama's veins bleed unfettered into the Gulf of Mexico to poison the life that nourishes half of the United States. There are already hundreds of people lining up to clean the Gulf. How can I help?
What a divine, sobering opportunity to do the right thing. With 3,858 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico drawing oil at less than efficient rates, could this be time to change? Bill McKibben thinks so.
He and the group 350.org have an invigorating "Get to Work" pledge to shift the energy paradigm in America and around the world. Again, how can I help?
McKibben says we need to buy local and support our local economies.
Great, I feel like I'm already doing something positive. I'm buying more foods from farmer's market a few blocks from my house. I try my darndest to boycott things that aren't made in the U.S. Though I purchased a new spool of DVDs tonight, my computer is rebuilt from used parts and I'm going on year three of my iPhone. I participate in this petroleum-fueled economy with cautious steps and I'm learning more each day.
Thought it's impossible, I try to eliminate waste in my life. This means I've found ways to take responsibility for my waste -- this has had a profound effect on my eating habits. I'm eating things that come inside their own packaging such as apples, bananas and carrots. It's as if there's a direct correlation between the health of the earth, Pacha Mama, and myself. It seems to me that lives are more healthy when they close the "cycle of life" with nature. When we are connected with the source of our foods and goods, everyone gains. Yet, I digress.
Where to start? I've found The Transition Handbook, which promises upbeat and encouraging ways to wean ourselves off of oil. I like the way this sounds:
When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
- Cree Prophecy
"I die a little inside everytime I read something new about the spill." It's a sentiment I suspect is shared among millions. We are responsible and we have made a terrible mistake. Pacha Mama's veins bleed unfettered into the Gulf of Mexico to poison the life that nourishes half of the United States. There are already hundreds of people lining up to clean the Gulf. How can I help?
What a divine, sobering opportunity to do the right thing. With 3,858 oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico drawing oil at less than efficient rates, could this be time to change? Bill McKibben thinks so.
He and the group 350.org have an invigorating "Get to Work" pledge to shift the energy paradigm in America and around the world. Again, how can I help?
McKibben says we need to buy local and support our local economies.
Great, I feel like I'm already doing something positive. I'm buying more foods from farmer's market a few blocks from my house. I try my darndest to boycott things that aren't made in the U.S. Though I purchased a new spool of DVDs tonight, my computer is rebuilt from used parts and I'm going on year three of my iPhone. I participate in this petroleum-fueled economy with cautious steps and I'm learning more each day.
Thought it's impossible, I try to eliminate waste in my life. This means I've found ways to take responsibility for my waste -- this has had a profound effect on my eating habits. I'm eating things that come inside their own packaging such as apples, bananas and carrots. It's as if there's a direct correlation between the health of the earth, Pacha Mama, and myself. It seems to me that lives are more healthy when they close the "cycle of life" with nature. When we are connected with the source of our foods and goods, everyone gains. Yet, I digress.
Where to start? I've found The Transition Handbook, which promises upbeat and encouraging ways to wean ourselves off of oil. I like the way this sounds:
"These changes can lead to the rebirth of local communities that will grow more of their own food, generate their own power, and build their own houses using local materials. They can also encourage the development of local currencies to keep money in the local area."If you don't have time to read the book, I offer this TED talk with Transition Handbook author Rob Hopkins. It opens the dialogue on peak oil and what's next-- descent plans, transition plans and emerging movements that foster hopeful ingenuity among strong community relationships. Sounds like a good start to me.
Apr 15, 2010
Where has all the litter gone?
Droplets collect in puddles.
Rain spills into drains and worms gasp breaths above soaked soil.
The drops follow ancient, earth-eroding patterns down into streams, down slopes, amassing at the banks of a swirling, churning river of feminine energy.
Low tide pulls in waves the gravity defying currents. It’s as if someone very large lifted the edge of the shore like a blanket to draw the water into the bay, back into the ocean.
Inspired by Virginia's Rappahannock River and the Atlantic Garbage Patch
Rain spills into drains and worms gasp breaths above soaked soil.
The drops follow ancient, earth-eroding patterns down into streams, down slopes, amassing at the banks of a swirling, churning river of feminine energy.
Low tide pulls in waves the gravity defying currents. It’s as if someone very large lifted the edge of the shore like a blanket to draw the water into the bay, back into the ocean.
Inspired by Virginia's Rappahannock River and the Atlantic Garbage Patch
Mar 24, 2010
Do you have courage to see yourself?
The following is from a teaching by Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo.
"How much you do, how little you do, how honest you are, how real you are, how well you apply yourself, it’s really up to you. On this path, literally, the ball is in your court. You can do anything. You can achieve enlightenment, and you can also do absolutely nothing while you're working real hard looking like you are. Think about that and have courage. Have the courage to really walk through the door. That is all anybody asks of you. I want to see you walk through the door of liberation and be free. That’s the point, isn’t it?"
-- Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo
"How much you do, how little you do, how honest you are, how real you are, how well you apply yourself, it’s really up to you. On this path, literally, the ball is in your court. You can do anything. You can achieve enlightenment, and you can also do absolutely nothing while you're working real hard looking like you are. Think about that and have courage. Have the courage to really walk through the door. That is all anybody asks of you. I want to see you walk through the door of liberation and be free. That’s the point, isn’t it?"
-- Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo
Mar 23, 2010
All that's in between
All that's in between
Take my feet
so you can travel to the places you love
Take my hands,
fold them in prayer,
and know god again.
Take my ears and
listen -- the vibration of love surrounds you
Take my lips.
They will whisper, "I love you."
I'll give you my eyes so you can see in this mirror,
your magnificent soul of a saint.
Use my arms when yours are weak
to gift to the world your grace
Use them to embrace
your dreams,
your desires,
your children.
If you find your voice won't cry for help
my lungs will shout for you
And if the burden weighs too much,
take a rest -- I'll carry you.
You can have my heart
when you forget how much I love you.
Take my feet
so you can travel to the places you love
Take my hands,
fold them in prayer,
and know god again.
Take my ears and
listen -- the vibration of love surrounds you
Take my lips.
They will whisper, "I love you."
I'll give you my eyes so you can see in this mirror,
your magnificent soul of a saint.
Use my arms when yours are weak
to gift to the world your grace
Use them to embrace
your dreams,
your desires,
your children.
If you find your voice won't cry for help
my lungs will shout for you
And if the burden weighs too much,
take a rest -- I'll carry you.
You can have my heart
when you forget how much I love you.
Mar 14, 2010
The Sun Would Boil
The Sun would boil the Potomac River right now if it weren't for this fog suspending it above high tide.
From this section of river the sun has lept into the air, feverishly thawing, simmering and warming.
The sun has punched a perfect circle through the fog, a thick paste smeared over the lens of the sky.
From this section of river the sun has lept into the air, feverishly thawing, simmering and warming.
The sun has punched a perfect circle through the fog, a thick paste smeared over the lens of the sky.
Feb 25, 2010
Spicy Toes
Today I added cayenne, garlic and hypericum to my homeopathic regime. These supplements are intended to aid circulation and the nervous system, with my foot and ankle being the most needy these days.
The five toes on my right foot wiggle very slowly. Today my foot is elevated here on the desk next to the keyboard. The skin on my toes is a technicolor tapestry of icey white to spicy pink and burgundy. If it wasn't a foot, but rather a bouquet of flowers, I would consider it to be quite a pretty palette.
Its been three months since I've enjoyed a normal gait.
What happened? Tedious circumstances, uneventful injuries piled atop one another until my toes throbbed, tingled and said "no more walking." I sprained my ankle then experienced ligament damage in my foot, where five years ago I ground my foot's soft tissue into a curb. If I were to mimic the injuries in my other foot I would press the soft tissue surrounding the ball of my foot against the swift blades of a food processor.
Simple solution: go to the doctor. A podiatrist in town X-Rayed the foot and put me in a cast for six weeks. The diagnosis was sesamoiditis. The bone in the ball of my foot could be dead. We shied away from paying for an MRI. I have no health insurance. I feel as though I have attained the maximum healing on my own and I just can't "climb" to the peak without more help.
Reaching out
Last week I asked to borrow a friend's cane. What a relief from the pain! It is beautiful as an accessory, a linseed oil stained tree root reaching from the palm to the floor in a sturdy and lightweight curve. I step carefully with it in what must be a painfully slow pace for able-bodied companions. Tuesday tallied the third re-injury when I rolled my ankle over the edge of a sidewalk. It's no surprise -- the muscles in my right calf, ankle and foot are withered and half the size they were in November.
I do what I can to help my body heal. In addition to taking Arnica Montana for inflammation, I have added the supplements Cayenne, hypericum and garlic to aid my circulation and nerves. It feels like the tip of my longest toe has nerve damage, a "sleeping" tingle, and I hope that doesn't bode poorly for the parts of my foot that I can't see.
Acupuncture is a viable treatment for nerves, as I have heard, so this is next on the list-- as is buying a health insurance policy to help me cover the cost of the MRI.
The five toes on my right foot wiggle very slowly. Today my foot is elevated here on the desk next to the keyboard. The skin on my toes is a technicolor tapestry of icey white to spicy pink and burgundy. If it wasn't a foot, but rather a bouquet of flowers, I would consider it to be quite a pretty palette.
Its been three months since I've enjoyed a normal gait.
What happened? Tedious circumstances, uneventful injuries piled atop one another until my toes throbbed, tingled and said "no more walking." I sprained my ankle then experienced ligament damage in my foot, where five years ago I ground my foot's soft tissue into a curb. If I were to mimic the injuries in my other foot I would press the soft tissue surrounding the ball of my foot against the swift blades of a food processor.
Simple solution: go to the doctor. A podiatrist in town X-Rayed the foot and put me in a cast for six weeks. The diagnosis was sesamoiditis. The bone in the ball of my foot could be dead. We shied away from paying for an MRI. I have no health insurance. I feel as though I have attained the maximum healing on my own and I just can't "climb" to the peak without more help.
Reaching out
Last week I asked to borrow a friend's cane. What a relief from the pain! It is beautiful as an accessory, a linseed oil stained tree root reaching from the palm to the floor in a sturdy and lightweight curve. I step carefully with it in what must be a painfully slow pace for able-bodied companions. Tuesday tallied the third re-injury when I rolled my ankle over the edge of a sidewalk. It's no surprise -- the muscles in my right calf, ankle and foot are withered and half the size they were in November.
I do what I can to help my body heal. In addition to taking Arnica Montana for inflammation, I have added the supplements Cayenne, hypericum and garlic to aid my circulation and nerves. It feels like the tip of my longest toe has nerve damage, a "sleeping" tingle, and I hope that doesn't bode poorly for the parts of my foot that I can't see.
Acupuncture is a viable treatment for nerves, as I have heard, so this is next on the list-- as is buying a health insurance policy to help me cover the cost of the MRI.
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