yesterday i was grateful for Step and Lukie, new friends, kale and scallions from my garden and Arival, the movie, which we watched for the fourth or fifth time…
today i am looking forward to yoga with Anne abd working on a new blog post…
is it paranoid to think that white nationalist militias have or will become the foot soldiers of ICE?…
my feminine, almost two years in :: Essays On Attention Paid
i believe in the power of feminine… having learned that women are every bit as capable of exercising the power of patriarchal structure, in dominating patriarchal ways, i realized it was the egalitarian and nurturing qualities we associate with the feminine that were important and sadly withered across much of human history… i am trying to puzzle out why masculine has been so dominant since time out of mind almost…
yesterday i was grateful for a shopping trip to COSTCO… we saved $100 on dog treats alone!… and COSTCO is a good company…
today i am looking forward to some garden work, then hunkering down with AC as temperatures reach almost 90 this afternoon…
shadow/reflective selfie in front hood of our car…
my wife and i have decided to read the Declaration Of Independence out loud to each other today… we believe our country is in deep danger of turning authoritarian… we will treat the Declaration as the sacred document it is… we will honor its aspirations… i can see this becoming an annual ritual..
yesterday i was grateful for two male acquaintances who made a point of talking to me in the coffee shop…
today i am looking forward to reading the Declaration of Independence out loud with Holly… we will celebrate what could and should be, rather than what is in the present moment…
yesterday i was grateful for a ribeye steak cooked on the green egg…
today i am looking forward to restorative yoga with Maryanne…
yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Maryanne and pork chops from Barb’s…
today i am looking forward to office time at the cemetery and goodies from Marbled Meats and Cold Spring fish…
yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Anne and Japanese salted salmon…
today i am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne…
yesterday i was grateful for dinner with David, Eleni, Tina, Arthur and Holly…
today i am looking forward to yoga with Anne…
on my lack of loyalty to the human species :: Essays On Attention Paid
Dawn is the first book of a trilogy cronicaling the human/Oankali story… it takes place on an Oankali spaceship orbiting earth… Lilith, a human who has been brought out of suspended annimation after a 250 year slumber, is the main protagonist… she is one of the few survivors of nuclear war on earth… the far more advanced Oankali “rescued" her and others from certain death, and are in the process of resuscitating the species and returning them to earth… but, there is a catch…
on my lack of loyalty to the human species :: Essays On Attention Paid
Dawn is the first book of a trilogy cronicaling the human/Oankali story… it takes place on an Oankali spaceship orbiting earth… Lilith, a human who has been brought out of suspended annimation after a 250 year slumber, is the main protagonist… she is one of the few survivors of nuclear war on earth… the far more advanced Oankali “rescued" her and others from certain death, and are in the process of resuscitating the species and returning them to earth… but, there is a catch…
yesterday i was grateful for time spent with my beautiful cousin Jan, and the season finale of Hacks which promised a next season…
today i am looking forward to my new friends Stephanie and Lukie, and saying goodbye to old friends moving to Canada…
just got this in the mail today…
yesterday i was grateful for the live music of Joe Crookson and Antje Duvekot at the Town Crier…
today i am looking forward to getting together with my cousin Jan…
yesterday i was grateful for Amy who did my nails and Stephanie who taught us what is going on with ICE and immigrants…
today i am looking forward to yoga with Maryanne…
yesterday i was grateful for the realization that it might be the probiotic supplement i have been taking that caused persistent intestinal distress…
today i am looking forward to restorative yoga with Maryanne, pizza with Holly and getting my nails done…
yesterday i was grateful for yoga with Maryanne and virtual photography salon…
today i am looking forward to better understanding finances at the cemetery…
Since there is no formula for beauty, any more than there is for truth or goodness, it cannot be commanded, but must be wooed.
(Iain McGilchrist, The Matter With Things)
Of course, it goes without saying that a more genuine search for authenticity begins only where one can break out of the Logo-centric language generated by trans-national corporations.
(Charles Taylor, A Secular Age)
truth!…
i opt for a double espresso and grapefruit Spindrift this morning… too hot for regular coffee and not a fan of iced coffee…
as i read the news i get the image of white, toxic, patriarchal masculinity thumping its chest in desperation… this is their last hurrah as they “rage, rage, against the dying of the light”… they do not go quietly… whether they take the rest of us with them is an open question…
yesterday i was grateful for lunch with the yoga men…
today i am looking forward to virtual photo salon…
i continue to reread Octavia Butler’s Dawn… i still don’t agree with the 2/3 of my scifi reading group that thought the Oankali and Ooloi are evil…