L'aura del Campo

Song of an Age. Reading Kinsolving. Prayer for Kindness.

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L'aura del campo

WINTER: 18 Sultan (5 February) 25º and sunny at noon.

'é a lua, é a lua, na quintana dos mortos'
♣ Federico García Lorca ♣

I wrote too much!

I couldn't think of anything to write and then I wrote too much, so I'm saving some of this entry for my post on the 7th.

Last entry? I tried a bit of humor, didn't work. I guess I leave that up to partyof5dj and others. Not my strong point ... obviously .

Me, my friends and my family

Sunday went well. Slept in. Visited Robin in the afternoon and watched some episodes of 'Sliders' with him. Fun show.

I cooked myself a grilled provolone and hummus sandwich and ate it with cream of chicken herb soup. Perfect for a winter day.

Saw friends; they all looked okay. Around here no bad news is a very good day.

Called my Aunt Dot (Dorothy Murray) who turned 78 last week. She said the weather in Fayettevile, North Carolina has been nasty. I managed to not give her my address again, but had to promise if I get down to my last 80 cents I will. I'll just have to make sure now that I always have a dollar on me! She knows how to live on next to nothing. Well ... so do I!

It's just plain bitter cold where my mother, who is 84, resides in Western New York. Neither she nor her sister are fools. They stock up and stay in when the weather is treacherous. It will stay cold, below freezing, in the Great Lakes for another solid week. May get up to 34 for Valentine's Day on the 14th.

It was 0 at my cousins' place in Jamestown, New York this morning and windy. Yes, it can get brutal here too but on a day when they were predicting cloudy, we have had a sunny morning.

IMAGES

Scent of clove cigarettes; salt; banks of snirt; white snow; music coming from under the awning at Wink Eyewear; bare bricks; cold ears (24 degrees on the bank clock); full moon shining through thin wisps of clouds.

Graffito at the men's urinal, Borders:

Look at you ...
~ your all alone.
         Leave my all alone alone

WATT'S GNU!

Oh ... there's plenty of news. Floods in Indonesia (with my background in health I would fear cholera) and what I still perceive as the rise of Fascism in the United States. Please look at the multi-trillion dollar budget and how much is being spent on militarization at the expense of other programs. Be aware of the abuse of human rights, not just in Guantanamo, but across the nation. Please tell me that this doesn't smack of Neo-Fascism ... or invite me to move to Canada before the border is closed.

Song of an Age

He who writes on paper
loses all when comes the flood.
He who shares with a booming voice
gains an audience deaf and dumb.
He who acts with his own bold brawn
gains the solace of the grave.
He who loves from his heart dies too,
but its beat holds the song of an Age.

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Penciled after reading Kabir.

The weather was sunny yesterday but chill. Today they said clouds but the sunshine is screaming in. Predictions are iffy at best in Kansas.

READING

Finished Dailies and Rushes by Susan Kinsolving which continues to amaze me. My favorites would have to include: 'August Island', 'Eight Zinnias', 'Ne-m'oubliez-pas', 'Snow Sleep', 'From December to February', 'Leaving', 'Walking After Winter', 'Walking Back', 'Shades of Green', 'Sotto Voice', 'Masses of Marsh Marigolds', 'Partial Praise', 'Ode', 'Elegy' and 'The Rest' (perhaps my fav of favs). There are so many great lines and interweavings of rhymes. That will have to wait for another entry.

BLOGVILLE

I want some Pyttipanna, cooked and delivered by AL . We could arrange a complete Swedish smorgasbord (I have dibs on the herring and meatballs and ... limpa too. I'll share the sylta.) AL is wonderful in her own unique whacky way. I read her blog, "Invalid Item"  all the time. Her style is totally different than mine ... and I need that! Still don't know what pyttipanna is? try reading: "Invalid Entry"  .

Dear Prosperous Snow celebrating is under-read too. She does the 'follow-the-leader' "Invalid Item" , which is a great idea of mood indigo , but few people leave comments. Perhaps because, like me, she has a more serious pensive side that shines throughout her blog. But, I warn you, she can be funny or shocking at times. If you get the time to visit her, please leave a kind comment. Two recent entries that I like: "My Work"  about 'work' and "Voiceless"  which has three short poems.

I truly believe that telling someone you checked in counts, even if you don't have time for a full message. chalaedra will do this for me when she is pressed for time. Maybe just a couple words, but it all matters to me.

Oh ... want some more sexy pictures? Go to galinago's entries "Invalid Entry"  and "Invalid Entry" . Don't tell me now that these don't give you wings to fly .

Guess who has started a blog! Yep, ridinghhood-p.boutilier who has kindly left comments in my blog for a long time has started her own "Wheel of Fortune"  [18+]. Her idea is to pull a card from the Tarot of the Saints for each entry.

Quote

Prayer for Kindness

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.

Bahá'u'lláh

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