Birds

Death came for you

Leaving you a corpse on the dry plain

in the hot sun

Birds see you from far above and descend

Their beaks tearing away your flesh

They are here to liberate you from the earth

and take your body up into the sky

Dissolve.. let go of form…

Fly up with the birds

into the bright sky


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Excerpts from The Molliad

Every time she walked away, across the inner courtyard headed to her job at a bar, she turned and waved up at her window above us. "It's, OK, Molly! It's OK, girl, I'll be back soon!" For hours during the absence of her human mommy (and her mommy's scruffy male companion), canine girl Molly Beagle cried aloud, pitifully. ( Read more... )

Göbekli Tepe, in southeastern Turkey, is a site now being excavated that bridges the Paleolithic and the Neolithic. Dating back to 11,500 BCE, it is the earliest known candidate for the origins of both agriculture and institutional religion. It contains as many as 20 stone circles composed of sculpted megaliths of 10 to 50 tons each.

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Your Score: The Cat

You scored 60% domestic, 39% gregarious, 28% trickster, and 76% intellect!


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Facing a difficult challenge, I don't go forward without gathering up my strength in advance. When I don't feel strong, to tell myself to be strong--to order my own strength around like a military officer--or to give myself a rousing pep talk-- may persuade me to show some bravado for a while. But ultimately it just feels fake. I don't think it ( Read more... )

My first name is often pronounced without the -h- and sounds like "Joanna."

In Australia, monitor lizards are called goanna. Which explains this pic for my blog. Also, I love Aboriginal painting.


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1. I know you've explored many spiritual paths. What themes tie your journeys together?
Feminism and yoga. I see the two as sharing a deep connection.

2. You wrote right now I see the world facing an irruption of wakan such as has not been seen before ... I'm thinking this would make a great Neil Gaiman novel! Say more, about what that novel would ( Read more... )