Toward a World that Works for Everyone
June 20, 2021 The days grow longer now… The turnabout came Unexpectedly this year, without Much faith from us, before the equinox; But we are watchful now… ~Samuel French Morse, The Days Towards Summer Solstice There is a certain peculiar tenderness to this day. It is Summer Solstice, 2021. It seems every little thing […]
June 18, 2021 Something wanders among the mountains, Something ripples along forget-me-not fields, Something cries when birds go south, Something curves its golden sandbar Like the handle of a purple sword. If I speak strangely Do not wonder: Something is looking for a castle Made of seaweed, shells and coral, Where the sea curls Under […]
June 16, 2021 Sleight of hand: A cleverly executed trick or deception [Merriam-Webster] Oh, joy! California has reopened! The lockdown is over. We can go about our normal lives now, without masks and social distancing and viewing each other with suspicion because the other person might be “unsafe,” which is how we’ve been programmed over […]
June 12, 2021 What thing unto mine ear Wouldst thou convey,—what secret thing, O wandering water ever whispering?… Thou water, O thou whispering wanderer What message dost thou bring? ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Stream’s Secret I’m starting to see trapped negative emotions as the stumbling stones in the smooth rivers of our lives. Like […]
June 10, 2021 A noiseless patient spider… It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself, Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them. And you O my soul where you stand… Till the bridge you will need be form’d, till the ductile anchor hold, Till the gossamer thread you fling catch somewhere, O my soul. […]
June 8, 2021 We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows. ~Robert Frost, The Secret Sits When you get right down to it, I’m not always a nice person, despite that being my aim. Sad, but true. I was reminded of this today after discovering […]
June 7, 2021 We’ve all felt the crazy energies swirling around and through our worlds. It can be overwhelming to try to navigate it all on our own. And it’s not necessary to suffer (or celebrate!) alone. The Golden Age of Gaia blog has provided a space for readers to visit and see what’s on […]
June 6, 2021 Sunlight is in my eyes, Every house edged with light; Open fields are before me, Mountains across the sky. ~Alice Corbin Henderson, Song of Sunlight Even though I’m aware of the spiritual principle of relying on our inner selves and divinely ordained sovereignty to create our positively inclined reality, I’m finding […]
June 3, 2021 Dear Madam, you have seen this play; I never saw it till today… The merit of the drama lies, I understand, in some surprise… ~A. P. Herbert, At The Theatre: To the Lady Behind Me Dr. Bradley Nelson, in his book, The Emotion Code, says that we must process through the […]
May 31, 2021 She always asks you, How is so-and-so?… She takes each anecdote and makes it grow, Or keeps it like a farmer hoarding seeds. …Existence might be flat If fascinating troubles did not brew… ~Elizabeth Bohm, Gossip In his May 29 podcast, Simon Parkes notified us that numerous “bad players” had […]
May 24, 2021 https://tinyurl.com/4czsez49 By Brian C. Joondeph, MD, The American Thinker Awareness ribbons are so yesterday. Today it’s the mask that demonstrates caring, scientific acumen, and virtue. Awareness ribbons are popular fashion accessories among the elite, particularly Hollywood celebrities. They are meant to show support or raise awareness for a particular cause. These ribbons […]
May 30, 2021 Some of us stood around, waiting for the miracle. ~Elizabeth Bishop, A Miracle for Breakfast I feel fortunate to have grown up writing by hand, then learning to type on a typewriter, and so on and so forth, to get up to the present day where I often dictate what I […]
May 28, 2021 I can see, through the rifts of the apple-boughs, The delicate blue of the sky, And the changing clouds with their marvelous tints That drift so lazily by. And strange, sweet thoughts sing through my brain, And Heaven, it seemeth near; Oh, is it not a rare, sweet time, The blossoming time […]
May 27, 2021 Masquerade! Every face a different shade… Masquerade! Look around—there’s another mask behind you! ~ Andrew Lloyd Webber, Masquerade What do masks signify? I deduce that, for religious or ceremonial purposes, the meanings are complex and arcane. What do masks signify if we wear them even when those who demand this bizarre […]
May 26, 2021 How easily happiness begins by dicing onions… It’ true it can make you weep to peel them… for there’s nothing to an onion but skin, and it’s true you can go on weeping as you go on in… ~William Matthews, Onions Sometimes I worry about what would happen if I’m suddenly […]
