tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post1797225070389795379..comments2024-03-22T17:39:44.420-07:00Comments on 37th Dream/ Rumors of Peace at Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise Sunrise: RETURN OF THE TREE SWALLOWSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-60492426416268178482008-03-30T00:20:00.000-07:002008-03-30T00:20:00.000-07:00robin andrea -- Now that I think of it, I only saw...robin andrea -- Now that I think of it, I only saw the swallows on that one sunny day, too.<BR/><BR/>anonymous -- I imagine Plain, Washington to be beautiful in early spring. The first time I visited there was last October. I recall visiting near Winthrop one early spring. That must have been about 30 years ago.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-80546920397890835622008-03-28T16:45:00.000-07:002008-03-28T16:45:00.000-07:00near leavenworth last weekend on the road to plain...near leavenworth last weekend on the road to plain, the swallows were back, in olympia on tuesday. this is such a fine calendar.kjmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-58732460246008883362008-03-28T08:09:00.000-07:002008-03-28T08:09:00.000-07:00This is such an interesting, evocative post, am. T...This is such an interesting, evocative post, am. The poem and the lines from the field guide intertwined like that. I like it so much, especially with the beautiful painting.<BR/><BR/>I saw the tree swallows one day, then not again. Yet.robin andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390482190562312928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-83029091144267290352008-03-28T04:33:00.000-07:002008-03-28T04:33:00.000-07:00dale -- Thanks for stopping by, comme toujours ( l...dale -- Thanks for stopping by, comme toujours ( learned the French from Lee).<BR/><BR/>solitary walker -- Appreciated your thoughts on innocence and forgiveness. You reminded me that Reinhold Niebuhr was part of the inspiration for this poem. He wrote:<BR/><BR/>"No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own. Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness."<BR/><BR/>lee -- I am moved by the thought that forgiveness is accomplished by nature. Not sure that it is always accomplished by forgetfulness, but that it is accomplished by nature rings true to me.<BR/><BR/>loren -- Good to hear from you. Was sorry to hear that you haven't feeling well. My guess is that if you are visiting blogs, you are feeling better. My Zen calendar said "In a dark time, the eye begins to see" on March 26.<BR/><BR/>dawn -- Am so grateful to you for posting the photo of the hummingbird a few weeks ago. I continue to enjoy the one who has come to my feeder ever since the first day I hung it on my porch.<BR/><BR/>all who stop by without leaving comments -- Thanks so much for your presence, too.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-24431919492435897992008-03-27T17:19:00.000-07:002008-03-27T17:19:00.000-07:00I sure do like your painting Am! great colors! I a...I sure do like your painting Am! great colors! I am glad you had swallows.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08754977794843612673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-37319140306046436702008-03-27T14:23:00.000-07:002008-03-27T14:23:00.000-07:00The worst part of being sick this week was missing...The worst part of being sick this week was missing Monday and Tuesday sunshine while out birding.<BR/><BR/>Love your description of the swallows, am.Lorenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152302644577926337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-37587859716083317952008-03-27T12:36:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:36:00.000-07:00"innocent of forgiveness" when all is said and don..."innocent of forgiveness"<BR/> when all is said and done, sometimes I think that forgiveness is really a game the mind plays with itself. What we try so hard to achieve through forgiving, nature handles through plain old forgetfulness.<BR/>(and of course, I love your painting. comme toujours.)R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-17598526083757266242008-03-27T11:02:00.000-07:002008-03-27T11:02:00.000-07:00This is very interesting, subtle, complex and Blak...This is very interesting, subtle, complex and Blakeian, am. <BR/><BR/>Nature is "innocent" and full of desire, with no forgiveness - nothing to forgive, in the natural world, the concept is meaningless.<BR/><BR/>We humans have innocence (perhaps in the womb and for a few years after). Some still retain it (Dostoyevsky's "Idiot" for example) - and others attain a kind of hard won "innocence" after "experience" (the Buddha, some of the Christian saints).<BR/><BR/>True forgiveness, of others and ourselves, is I suppose the difficult-to-achieve goal, the true manifestation of love.The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877731088554997649.post-35451341461027346432008-03-27T06:34:00.000-07:002008-03-27T06:34:00.000-07:00(o)(o)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.com