Before and after dawn ( possibly only of interest to those who take an interest in Bob Dylan) / A song from the distant past comes to mind / Where am I now?

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The truth was obscure, too profound and too pure To live it you had to explode And at the last hour of need, we entirely agreed Sacrifice was the code of the road

(Bob Dylan -- 1978) 

"... You may say I'm a dreamer ..." / Turning to music for sustenance as the sorrow of war unfolds

 

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".... Imagine all the people ..."

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“Once I traveled far above the earth. This beloved planet we call home was covered with an elastic web of light. I watched in awe as it shimmered, stretched, dimmed, and shined, shaped by the collective effort of all life within it. Dissonance attracted more dissonance. Harmony attracted harmony. I saw revolutions, droughts, famines, and the births of new nations. The most humble kindnesses made the brightest lights. Nothing was wasted.” ~ Joy Harjo

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“The child in each of us / Knows paradise. / Paradise is home. / Home as it was / Or home as it should have been. // Paradise is one’s own place, / One’s own people, / One’s own world, / Knowing and known, / Perhaps even / Loving and loved. // Yet every child / Is cast from paradise— / Into growth and destruction, / Into solitude and new community, / Into vast, ongoing / Change.” *— Parable of the Talents (Octavia E. Butler)*

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Sending love near and far to all suffering from the effects of wars past and present.

Light

Thank you to Beth for bringing this to my attention on her Tumblr page.

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Onward on my journey

Awe

 Thanks to Beth at Wait - what? for posting:

The annular eclipse over Chaco Canyon, Dinétah, NM. :: [Robert Scott Horton]

Although I may never see another total eclipse, I have not forgotten the awe I experienced during the totality of the eclipse in Fossil, Oregon, in 2017.  The strange quality of the light.  The sudden darkness and coldness.  The street lights in the small town coming on.  The children shouting and dancing in the darkness.  The little boy who looked at me afterward and said, "EPIC!" 

Grieving a world of wars without end, always listening for rumors of peace / Robin Wall Kimmerer and Chris La Tray / Annular eclipse 2023 / Tiny Mandala #30 / Owls

Robin Wall Kimmerer and Chris La Tray

Braiding Sweetgrass: What does the earth ask of us? 

This talk will be accessible until October 17.  

Chris La Tray is the recently named Poet Laureate of Montana.  I've been reading his blog for several years now and recommend it.  I've bought two of his books of poetry and am looking forward to reading his book which will be published in 2024, Becoming Little Shell.

"... He maintains an online journal called "An Irritable Métis," where he grapples with matters of cultural identity, the natural world, and the path Montana is taking ..."

(quote from Native News Online)

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Annular eclipse 2023

From my porch, I took a photo of the sun just before the max view,

 

and was startled to see what appeared to be a reverse image of the eclipse on the right side of the photo.  Take a look.  A mystery!

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In a world of wars without end, I grieve and continue to listen for rumors of peace.

All are invited to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day 2023 with the Lummi Nation at the Wex'lium Community Building

Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration

Speakers:

Santana Rabang

Dr. Evan Adams

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For those who are on Facebook, the celebration can be experienced Here today from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time.

It's also streaming on YouTube.