I’ve never been a documentary fan, probably in part because I refuse to watch talking heads, an odd cultural behavior we were first conditioned to in elementary school. And that was certainly a painfully boring feature of...
Read More“Vesta is the same as the earth, both have the perennial fire: the Earth and the sacred Fire are both symbolic of home.” Ovid, Fasti Through months of pandemic, many of us humans have been staying very close to the...
Read MoreLast night I watched Hevi Reissu or, in English, Heavy Trip, a quirky Finnish comedy of errors with tons of heart. As is often the case with the films from Scandinavia and Finland that make it onto my Netflix queue, Heavy Trip...
Read MoreHere’s something that’s super great; spirituality is coming back down to earth. After a good long time of believing our bodies were more or less just cosmic burdens, obnoxious lumps of clay in the way of enjoying our...
Read MoreAlright, I’m going to speak up about this. Last night I listened to one too many guided meditations attempting to assist me in pumping up my self concept by advising I affirm “I am enough.” The camel’s...
Read MoreWho knew I would meet him in the Family Dollar???? Someone requested a piece on morals and ethics, and I have had my eye peeled for an entry point. I just got it. Standing in line at the local Family Dollar on the eve of Easter...
Read MoreThe Water Nymph by Herbert James Draper Before I return to the narrative, I want to add a little side trip that pertains to physical beauty, and fame. To make it short, the suitors with their attraction to Narcissus is the...
Read MoreWordsworth’s um… words are touching my heart this week, and so the ridiculousness of sitting in front of a screen and writing missives on Nature haunts my psyche. Out to make a garden in my new (relatively) home,...
Read MoreThe latest theme in my life that keeps rearing its head is destiny, in the sense of everyone being here for a purpose (or maybe more than one). The trick is, of course, to figure the purpose out and then to connect with...
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