Old Reliable
Grateful
for a place to be warm while cooking up what's available in the larder,
with no plans to go out other than down three flights to check mail and
deposit trash. These old familiars have a welcoming touch but no
traction on ice or snow. I've a beautiful new pair of fancy boots with
good traction, but nothing beats the old familiars for comfort. Same is
true of relationships, books, films, music, food and places to be.
~*~
Weather's been a Roller-Coaster
Here's a Collection of
Views
Weather's been a Roller-Coaster
Here's a Collection of
Views
Snow and Rain
Owl and Shadows
Contrail
Bleak
Contrail
Bleak
Bright and Windy
Mixed Messages
15th
16th
Sunup
Sundown
~*~
Wisdom Sangha
2nd Friday Monthly
(The alter of those who are gone)
We gather, meditate and talk about ageing,
one at a time, up close and personal
Each with an individual relationship to mortality
~*~
Book Launch at Suite
February 10th
"Veil On Veil Off"
by John Marcus Powell
(Packed house, Poets and Friends, I took very few Photographs)
R.Nemo Hill
Thomas Fucaloro
16th
Sunup
Sundown
~*~
Wisdom Sangha
2nd Friday Monthly
(The alter of those who are gone)
We gather, meditate and talk about ageing,
one at a time, up close and personal
Each with an individual relationship to mortality
~*~
Book Launch at Suite
February 10th
"Veil On Veil Off"
by John Marcus Powell
(Packed house, Poets and Friends, I took very few Photographs)
R.Nemo Hill
Thomas Fucaloro
R. Nemo Hill and John Marcus
Winsome Johnson
Thomas Fucaloro
Rick Mullen
Winsome Johnson
Thomas Fucaloro
Rick Mullen
Julio Perea, John Marcus, Adriana Scopino
Video
by Rick Mullin
Part 1
(8Min)
https://youtu.be/C-W3ZxiyYGk
Part 2
(7:45Min)
https://youtu.be/HJqKovvm7Gk
Okay, So...
The weather's been a non stop roller-coaster and the ice storm was treacherous, our Federal Government continues to be under threat of another shut-down for the sake of the overblown ego requiring a wall, those stolen border children separated from family are still missing, the polar ice caps are melting faster, California fires remain a constant concern, most Countries are trying to find leaders or lose them and anyone who can wield power in order to rule the roost, will.
Post Script
Yup, the very next day a National Emergency was declared at the end of a series of diversions and evasions by painful Presidential Press conference reporting that:
"everything's going very well"
Denial
I might be overwhelmed, but I refuse to run screaming through the streets, simply settle for being eccentrically unstable, physically fragile, passively grieving and nestled in sporadic semi-denial.
~*~
Everything Changes
Now, I'm adding on that my old answering machine, which is tethered to the only telephone I own (a land line), has given up it's ghost, malfunctioned permanently. Alerted to the fact by friends, I dragged out the dusty manual and tried to get my previous settings programmed back, but nothing worked. I was pricing new ones via google, when a blogger friend who is moving and dumping things, offered to mail me one she is abandoning. Meanwhile, since I can no longer screen calls, I'm asking friends to let it ring six times. If I'm home and conscious, I'll answer. If asleep or out, I turn the ringer off.
Post Script
Days later, a neighbor phoned and left a message!
Apparently some of the reprogramming took, but no date or time can be set. Still, that's progress. Must ask if the number of rings was three. ~*~
Sudden Fever
Slight temperature
Stayed home
Nurtured
~*~
Thursday Surprise
Long time
Neighbor family left a package on my door with a floating heart balloon
that says "Friends Forever", a very special Chocolate bar, a beautiful
live Red Rose and a card card signed by all three of them!
SUPER MOON
4 a.m.
(shot through a curtain in text setting)
When the Snow Moon becomes
officially full on Tuesday Feb.19 at 10:53 a.m. EST (1553 GMT), it will be
about six hours past perigee and will be at its closest at 4:07
a.m. EST (0907 GMT). Although it's officially "super"
on the 19th, it will still look pretty full (and super!) to the casual
observer the night before and after.
Sky Watchers in New York City
This Snow Moon will rise on 2.19 at 5:46 p.m. and set the next morning at 7:35 a.m. local time. To figure out when it will rise and set from your location go to the site:
https://www.space.com/34515-supermoon-guide.html
Video
by Rick Mullin
Part 1
(8Min)
Part 2
(7:45Min)
Okay, So...
The weather's been a non stop roller-coaster and the ice storm was treacherous, our Federal Government continues to be under threat of another shut-down for the sake of the overblown ego requiring a wall, those stolen border children separated from family are still missing, the polar ice caps are melting faster, California fires remain a constant concern, most Countries are trying to find leaders or lose them and anyone who can wield power in order to rule the roost, will.
Post Script
Yup, the very next day a National Emergency was declared at the end of a series of diversions and evasions by painful Presidential Press conference reporting that:
"everything's going very well"
Denial
I might be overwhelmed, but I refuse to run screaming through the streets, simply settle for being eccentrically unstable, physically fragile, passively grieving and nestled in sporadic semi-denial.
~*~
Everything Changes
Now, I'm adding on that my old answering machine, which is tethered to the only telephone I own (a land line), has given up it's ghost, malfunctioned permanently. Alerted to the fact by friends, I dragged out the dusty manual and tried to get my previous settings programmed back, but nothing worked. I was pricing new ones via google, when a blogger friend who is moving and dumping things, offered to mail me one she is abandoning. Meanwhile, since I can no longer screen calls, I'm asking friends to let it ring six times. If I'm home and conscious, I'll answer. If asleep or out, I turn the ringer off.
Post Script
Days later, a neighbor phoned and left a message!
Apparently some of the reprogramming took, but no date or time can be set. Still, that's progress. Must ask if the number of rings was three. ~*~
Sudden Fever
Slight temperature
Stayed home
Nurtured
~*~
Thursday Surprise
Had a full stay-in-bed day
third day after receipt
showing no sign of wilt
~*~
Sunday
showing no sign of wilt
~*~
Sunday
"The Divine Feminine"
Exhibition of masterworks from Nepal at Tibet House showing works from the Dharmapala Center
"Machig Labdron Tree"
In Tibetan art female icons are depicted as buddhas, bodhisattvas, historical figures such as lineage founders, Yidams and dharma protectors in peaceful, semi wrathful and rathful forms.
~*~
Heat Loss
Woke shivering at 3 a.m-Roused the Superintendent who got up and reset. It will take another 15 minutes before it can build pressure to push warmth into the pipes to the 6th floor in three attached buildings. I have my old electric heater on and am dressed in layers. Will be glad for the relief. Old bones need the warmth. When it's working well I'll unplug the electric. Temperature in the twenties but feels colder.
4:30 Aha....just heard clicking.
Maybe I can get some sleep.
~*~
Exhibition of masterworks from Nepal at Tibet House showing works from the Dharmapala Center
"Machig Labdron Tree"
In Tibetan art female icons are depicted as buddhas, bodhisattvas, historical figures such as lineage founders, Yidams and dharma protectors in peaceful, semi wrathful and rathful forms.
~*~
Heat Loss
Woke shivering at 3 a.m-Roused the Superintendent who got up and reset. It will take another 15 minutes before it can build pressure to push warmth into the pipes to the 6th floor in three attached buildings. I have my old electric heater on and am dressed in layers. Will be glad for the relief. Old bones need the warmth. When it's working well I'll unplug the electric. Temperature in the twenties but feels colder.
4:30 Aha....just heard clicking.
Maybe I can get some sleep.
~*~
SUPER MOON
4 a.m.
(shot through a curtain in text setting)
Sky Watchers in New York City
This Snow Moon will rise on 2.19 at 5:46 p.m. and set the next morning at 7:35 a.m. local time. To figure out when it will rise and set from your location go to the site:
https://www.space.com/34515-supermoon-guide.html
