I tell the cat, just before he dies, to look at Saturn.

I have a fervent hope that as I am unfolding I will get to perceive our solar system before I am too diluted to care any more.

notes from Speaking of Faith

grieving elephants: acoustic biology


we just don’t know
all possibilities are open to us

the whole herd becomes completely still
wonderful practicers of simplicity

I see my responsibility as being
to listen to this planet

we just don’t know
we just don’t know

this planet is the only place
where we have this kind of life

sunny morning

oh heavens

realized that I just used the phrases
"it has to be good enough"
and
"it'll be good enough"
in the same paragraph
(nearly back to back)
in a note to a friend

the context?
"Last year on my birthday I stuck my finger in a live socket. I'm not sure if my position is improving but I am going to choose to believe that it is (and hey, as far as sex goes, 2009 beat 2008 all to hell)."

Perhaps I should give this a little thought.

found myself writing in a letter this morning

I've been careless with my reading of late and have thrown myself into strange mindsets due to a string of memoirs. Am trying to give up reading them for a while but Andy Williams' "Moon River and Me" is waiting for me at the library. How could I resist that?

items found - many years old

news from town

Carol heard at McDonald's that the earth went through global warming in the 1920s but all the glaciers froze up again. So, there is nothing to worry about. Glad that is clearly settled.

surprisingly big label on my new underpants from the dollar store

For a few strange moments, I wondered if this was a plea for help from the soul who made this thing.