LEAPING INTO MARCH

 Screen shot from "Medieval Manuscripts" blog post

"The ancient Egyptians had a whole leap-month, called the intercalary or epagonal month, which consisted of either five or six days that were added to the end of the year. It still survives in the liturgical calendar of Coptic Christians."

(see link at bottom)

February was Confining

Yes there were some good times for sure, but I won't mourn its passing.  I counted change to squeeze by,

Was thrifty, but

It delivered me one last blow!

Finding out on the 29th that a check bounced on the 11th produced a knot in my gut.  The sad irony is it was my second $15 contribution to Bernie Sander!
(sigh)

And there was illness, loss of friends and a beloved teacher.

March may have come in like a lion too soon.

Still I know there are sublime worlds, and more questions than answers, so I'll  simply pay sharper attention, sail on, and

hone my blunted compassion bone.

 Rephotographed still from "Hidden Seminoles"
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LINKS

Medieval Manuscripts

Hidden Seminoles 

CHILLIN'

Leaves fold inward

I'm turning inward too, shutting doors and windows,

sifting through the past in the moment,

releasing the past in the moment,

noticing the moment

"Reality is reality. It transcends every concept.  There is no concept that can adequately describe it, not even the concept of interdependence.  To assure that one doesn't become attached to a philosophical concept, out teaching speaks of the three non-natures to prevent the individual from becoming caught up in doctrine of  three natures."

-Tich Nhat Han-

 This woman is noticing too...noticing how she feels perhaps, on that specific day in the early 1900s.  She might be contemplating her place in the world, seeing visions, struggling with her dual nature, or maybe pausing, just pausing in the tumble 'have-to' of her days.

 Julian Dimock took these historic Florida photos, published in "Hidden Seminoles" by  Jerald T. Milanch and Nina J. Root

Tomorrow Is Another Day

by Ms

Made this 1 minute video while looking at the book, and listening to the chants of  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan with Michael Brook

1 minute