by Beth on August 31, 2008
This is America, not Beijing. This is not being shown on the mainstream news, but it is happening. These folks are protesting — but they are not violent, they are not terrorists, they are exercising their First Amendment rights. You know. Those freedoms and rights that some people say we are fighting our wars to [...]
by Beth on August 31, 2008
The Star Throwerfrom the story by Loren Eiseley I awoke early, as I often did, just before sunrise to walk by the ocean’s edge and greet the new day. As I moved through the misty dawn, I focused on a faint, far away motion. I saw a youth, bending and reaching and flailing arms, dancing [...]
by Beth on August 30, 2008
Dark of the MoonNew beginningsDark of the MoonPlant a seed tonightDark of the MoonWhat we envisionWill come to be by the Full Moon’s light. Today is the second New Moon of the calendar (solar) month. In the way that the Blue Moon is a second Full Moon in a month, the second New Moon is [...]
by Beth on August 29, 2008
I grant forgiveness to all living beings.May all living beings grant me forgiveness.My friendship is with all living beings.My enmity is totally non-existent.Let there be peace, harmony, and prosperity for all.– from the Kalpa Sutra, holy text of JainismDepending on sect and location, the practitioners of Jainism are now ending their most important religious period [...]
by Beth on August 28, 2008
This will be the day, this will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with new meaning “My country ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!– Dr. Martin Luther [...]
by Beth on August 27, 2008
Decuman’s Well at the church in Watchet Deep well, clear water,May you hear this prayer from your sons and daughters:As you swell,Go deeper,And sweep our grief away.– Nancy Conescu Today is the feast day of the Celtic saint, Decuman. Decuman is said to have been born of noble parents from Rhoscrowther in Pembrokeshire, Wales, where [...]
by Beth on August 26, 2008
We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, be guaranteed to us and our daughters forever. — Susan B. Anthony, Declaration of Rights for Women, July 1876 Today is the 88th Anniversary of passage and ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment [...]
by Beth on August 25, 2008
Nine of SwordsThere is no grief like the grief that does not speak. — Henry Wadsworth LongfellowThe Nine of Swords is obviously a card of sorrow, and the anguish we sometimes feel in our dark hours alone. This card often speaks to our suffering on behalf of those we love, not just our own pain [...]
by Beth on August 25, 2008
by Beth on August 24, 2008
Ecstasyby Eric Ashford How delightful! The full flown grateful lightdelectably traced overthe unhinged tongue. The spoken declaration of blisscaressed into illumination. An ululation of the soulplucked up beyond a thoughtto be a sob of awein the throat of an angel. How lusciousthis sumptuous spanof a roaring silencewhere the void sings outas one instant. How delightfullythe [...]