As I watched Nargis develop last week, (Tropical Storm Risk), it seemed as though the storm lingered over the sea to gather strength. Now I read that preliminary estimates say 10,000 have died or are missing, the country of Burma is devastated; more homeless, more trauma. I hope that with the devastation will [...]
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Nargis and Kadena
Posted in Environment, Politics, Sustainable living, global warming, weather, tagged Burma, cyclone, Kadena, Nargis, typhoon on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Mary Oliver – “Mindful”
Posted in Poetry, spirituality, tagged Mary Oliver, Panhala, Poetry on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mindful
Every day
I see or hear
something
that more or less
kills me
with delight,
that leaves me
like a needle
in the haystack
of light.
It was what I was born for -
to look, to listen,
to lose myself
inside this soft world -
to instruct myself
over and over
in joy,
and acclamation.
Nor am I talking
about the exceptional,
the fearful, the dreadful,
the very extravagant -
but of the ordinary,
the common, the [...]
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