Ya aint from these parts - are ya?

You don't look like us

You don't talk like us

You don't believe in the same god as us

 You don't lack unemployment like us

This parish aint big enough for the two of us

Hasta La Vista, baby

Sailor Jerry

I'm a sailor in the Jewish Navy, 

cuddle up a little closer,

kiss me baby

Treeness

We lost trees to the fires in Colorado and trees to the storms in West Virginia, and Maryland and trees in the floods in Florida.

We lost trees to make books and salad bowls.

We lost trees to the weight of ornaments.

We lost trees to walls and fences.

We lost too many trees.

We are but stardust and so is the Chuppah

with a purpose and a propensity to create

with the power to love

with a sense of awe and of the sacred

with a hope that we will have a positive effect on the future

two stand under their Sabbath tablecloth canopy 

and they emerge family

we are made of stardust and so is the Chuppah

Cake and Coffee

and the catching-up conversation

and the exchange of interesting ideas

and the arguements, arrangements and agreements

and the experience of a valued relationship

and have a piece of cake or a biscotti with that Jo

Eye-lands in the Sun

Where the world begins and ends

Where the soul takes in inspiration

When things go dark

When there is no way in

When the end is too late

The Shape of Heaven

Pointy

Triangular

Vaginal

Circular

Iconic

Given the discords here on earth, Heaven can not be in such great shape!

She sells sea shells by the sea shore...part 2

we search for shells and we make shells

sculpture by cynthia thomas

shells protect and shells separate

when preditors circle

and bigger fish school

beware when shell casings fly

Standing on holy ground

It's so important to notice where you are standing. On holy ground.  In the presence of the sacred or the dangerous or the sublime or distracting.  It happens.

So please rise to the occasion be it experiential or spiritual or a matter of taking back your personal power.  Rise.  Unite.  Stand up for something of value.  Take notice.

The ever expanding dimensions of negative space

Bravely, into the void

Fearlessly, into the dark

Without hesitation, into the unknown and unexplored

Without a shred of evidence, a judgement about reality

Just where would we be without our beloved negative space?

Just where?  Here!