Toward a World that Works for Everyone
September 10, 2021 The thousand hairline cracks in an aged face match the hairline cracks in an aged cup and come from similar insults… Yet happiness might crack a face open in a better way: hairline tracery as laugh lines releasing the joys of ancient thoughts cupped into use, and suddenly able. ~Molly Peacock, A […]
September 8, 2021 At dawn, behold! the pall of night was gone… The sun rose smiling o’er the river’s breast, And my soul, by his happy spirit blest, Soared like a bird to greet him in the sky, And drew out of his heart Eternity. ~Claude McKay, Morning Joy One of my cats seems […]
September 3, 2021 Stone by stone I pile this cairn of my intention… exposed and vulnerable across the slanting fields which I love but cannot save from floods which are to come… A mark of resistance, a sign. ~Adrienne Rich, A Mark of Resistance Putting aside the big issues for the moment, what I truly […]
September 1, 2021 We like to think of it as parallel to what we know, Only bigger… Some like to imagine A cosmic mother watching through a spray of stars, Mouthing yes, yes as we toddle toward the light, Biting her lip if we teeter at some ledge. ~Tracy K. Smith, My God, It’s Full […]
August 28, 2021 “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” ~Victor Hugo It’s funny how a foggy day and a wretched headline can plunge a person into despair. At least, it can plunge me into despair. The fog wasn’t a complete surprise. Before I even got out of bed, I felt […]
August 27, 2021 I am the only one here. I stand in my one place and I can see a good piece down the road… Don’t come through my door and want to run my house. I am the angel who sweep air in and out my own dancing body. I got good eyes. I […]
August 26, 2021 All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, […]
August 25, 2021 Via email ~ Dr. Peebles channeled by Natalie Gianelli ~ nataliegianelli.com A Note from Natalie: Greetings Beautiful Souls, In this message, Dr. Peebles is reminding us of our tendency to focus on survival when the mind bombards us with fear and worry about the unknown. Those fears put us in survival mode […]
August 24, 2021 The art of losing isn’t hard to master; so many things seem filled with the intent to be lost that their loss is no disaster. ~Elizabeth Bishop, One Art I think I must be at some level of surrender, even though I don’t much like that word. Then again, it is […]
August 20, 2021 Well, I dreamed I saw the silver space ships flying In the yellow haze of the sun… All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun. Flying Mother Nature’s silver seed to a new home in the sun. ~Neil Young, After the Goldrush The troubadour is back in […]
August 19, 2021 Depth and order live only in the night, Where all the reluctant joinings of our days Scatter and fall between the cohering stars …Now I can raise My mind, and let the voice drop that devours The pinchbeck hopes of day in wishing ways To build a stellar bridge from dark to […]
August 18, 2021 Dr. Peebles through Natalie Gianelli, nataliegianelli.com, via email A note from Natalie: Greetings Beautiful Souls, Dr. Peebles is talking about embracing the down time—those moments when you can be still and present with your heart—so that the direction for the future can be revealed to you. When you take the time to […]
August 16, 2021 The spider, juiced crystal and Milky Way, drifts on his web through the night sky And looks down, waiting for us to ascend… ~Charles Wright, Spider Crystal Ascension The act of extermination has been on my mind lately, no doubt because of the ants that have invaded our home and our […]
August 14, 2021 A destination or an origin?… Waiting to go back to the life I left… I do not know whether to call this An origin or a destination. ~Alfred Corn, Infinity Effect at the Hotel Soubise It’s been my experience that a person can tolerate many things as long as the endpoint […]
August 11, 2021 I’m reviewing the situation… All the trials and tribulations!… I think I’d better think it out again! ~Lionel Bart, Reviewing the Situation (from Oliver!) There are so many avenues available for me to scurry down, pursued by phantasms of fear and goblins of grief. My mind, trained as it is to […]
