"Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition."
 
- Florida Scott-Maxwell, playwright, author, psychologist and student of Carl Jung.

Photos from the Brooklyn Museum on Sunday

Does God ride the E train?

Perhaps Einstein's ghost? I found this on the seat next to me - notes on the Universe & it's creation & thoughts about dark matter & the Big Bang theory





Favorite line? "The Big Bang is still banging"

Un Bon Repas

Pretty, non?


(is my French correct?)

One should say grace before such a lovely salad I prepared for myself ... I'm calling it a fairy salad, since it contains edible flowers (orchids), to be eaten slowly and savored with chopsticks; a goblet of coconut water infused with pineapple and she feels smiley as the wings unfurl out of her back...

The Guest House ~ Rumi

This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

From today's "The Daily Love"email

"Do not look with your eyes to find your treasure. Feel with your heart and at once you will know who you really are."

"This too, is God..."

Something to remember when things aren't going the way I think they should...perhaps I don't know what's best...

Upgraded!!

Yeah, that's right, I'm upwardly mobile & have been moved to business class for my 6 hour flight to LaLaLand (and straight on till morning) -I got to stretch out, sleep (which was desperately needed as I was already grumpy from only sleeping a bare hour), enjoy a real breakfast (with a glass of champagne) - ooh it was cushy! When I got called up to the podium when they were boarding, the United lady said in a whisper "looks like you won the lottery". Indeed. I consider it an goodness omen, an excellent sign of things to come!

Here I am swathed in my down alternative blanket ... merci beaucoup,oh ye travel gods!!

Karma Repair Kit by Richard Brautigan

1.Get enough food to eat, and eat it.

2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.

3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.

4.

This was how I spent my looooooong Independence Day Weekend - I did #4. And you know what? I loved it. I didn't do a whole lot and yet, much was accomplished. Mostly that means I had a set of tasks set out and I ticked most of them off as "done", walked around DESPITE the overbearing heat, street fairs, sitting in the park, people-watching, street fairing, netbook purchasing, Sephora goodie stops - that sort of thing. Mostly it was me getting ready to head to California on Saturday and be by my beloved ocean ooooh she can't wait to dip her toes in the sand and sea. I just need to live through this week, I have FAR too much going on - this week is just a continuation of last week where I felt I was forgetting to breathe and man, do I hate that feeling. I'm gonna do my best - to breathe, yet, but also smile - sometimes I forget to do that too, in my grumpitude.

You too - yes YOU - don't forget:

1. Breathing
2. Smiling

Do it now - feel better?

Celebrate YOUR Independence..

listen to the mustnts, child,
listen to the donts
listen to the shouldnts,
the impossibles,
the wonts
listen to the never haves,
then listen close to me…
anything can happen, child,
anything can be.

— Shel Silverstein

(this was supposed to be my July 4th post but the pic got all screwy so now that I've corrected it, it's dated today - anyhoo...also, I totally forgot the source of the supercool pic so I apologize to whoever created it - it's lovely and makes me wish I had a head made from butterfly wings!!)