On My Christmas Wish List

:a microscope

I feel a sudden and very stringent urge to take a closer look at life.

…in addition, I’m curious about the formation of water – in all it’s many forms. It had to be created long, long ago since we apparently only have but so much of it – never more, never less. But how, I really do wonder?

Wake up, take a meteor shower

It’s been a long day. I woke up at 2:30am in Tallahassee, Florida. We drove about a half hour out to a friend’s 10 acres in the country. We laid our blankets down on the open grassy field and looked up. Between 4:30 – 5am was the height of it – an incredible light show in the sky. The annual Perseid Meteor Shower. Away from city lights. Though the moon was bright, it was well, well worth the morning plight. Stars just zooming across the sky. We even saw a big, bright one that left a blueish streak in its speedy path.
Today, August 12th was the peak day for viewing. Today would have also been the 89th birthday of my darling Grandpa. What a perfect way to celebrate.

Went back home. Slept a wink. Got back up. Packed. Flew. Delayed. Flew again. Home now. Unwinding. Getting ready for tomorrow…it’s a new day!

Solar Eclipse – longest of this century

An amazing solar eclipse just took place, only visible in the eastern hemisphere. Shucks. Luckily, there’s video cameras and youtube…

I don’t know about you…but things in my life have just been lining up in perfect order in this moment.

Volcanic Sunset Expected TONIGHT

VOLCANIC SUNSETS: The Russian volcano that erupted directly beneath the International Space Station on June 12th is now causing beautiful lavender sunsets across parts of the northern USA and Europe. A plume of ash and sulfur dioxide from the Sarychev Peak eruption is circulating through the stratosphere, and when parts of the plume pass over an area at sunset, the sky fills with delicate white ripples, sometimes-colorful streamers, and a telltale hue of purple. Find out more at spaceweather.com

There was a beautiful volcanic sunset last week, the day after Michael died. Another one is expected tonight, so be sure to get out and observe the beauty…

Light

A supernovva 6000 light years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. Smithsonian Flickr Commons.

“To be a star, you must shine your own light, follow your own path, and don’t worry about the darkness, for that is when the stars shine brightest” -Unknown
“Love is not consolation. It is light.” -Nietzsche
“Love is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation” -Tagore
“Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?” -Maurice Freehill
[Paraphrasing] “I do miss her, but wherever I see light, she is there” -Carlos Santana speaking of his ex-wife to Tavis Smiley

I noticed yesterday that my adorable niece Renee (one month old) loves staring with wonder into the light, or on white surfaces that reflect light brilliantly. She looks around at these images of light, as though there is much more that she can see, that I cannot see. I wonder if she’s able to see spirits…ancestors looking down. I imagined she was looking at my grandfather…or perhaps my grandmother after whom she was named.
There are so many notable quotes and understandings on the meaning of light. Truth. Love. Eternity. Consciousness. Beauty. God.

When we see the light, when we feel the light within, it is undeniable, gracious, powerful and enlightened. I think I need to go up to my rooftop and meditate on that for a bit….

Ooh baby, I like it RAW!!

@revrunwisdom tweeted earlier that winners use exclamation points, re: blog title.

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Recently, I’ve discovered a craving for knowledge of how to prepare delicious raw foods. Don’t you just love how your thoughts connect with everything around you and things just start to manifest? Erika, my Intensati instructor calls it “sick magic”. Literally this morning as I lay in bed giving my traditional gratitude, checking twitter, and setting the tone for the day, I put it out there that I really wanted to learn how to prepare raw foods. My morning rooftop meditation was extended – did more yoga than usual, even added some more traditional stretches in the mix. Ate a simple and hearty breakfast. My day was starting off right.

A few hours in and @boomthreads tweets a link to raw food recipes! I @replied with amazement and gratitude.

Later in the day, after my Penn Station area stops (Fractured Atlas, B&H, Chase), I had begun an sms conversation that I wanted to continue a bit before going below ground back on the iron horse to Brooklyn. I decided to wade the time by multi-tasking at Borders. I searched for the food section. I got stopped momentarily by the business management stacks, then into creative software tutorial world, then finally found myself among all the recipes my heart could desire. The gem that spoke directly to me:

This book goes into detail about how Raw is a way of life. It touches on overall health and how yoga promotes various levels of health. It…well, I should say, “she” goes into detail about all the ways to combine certain types of foods, she defines raw lifestyle, and even gives a list of what a raw foodist should have in their kitchen. And, of course, she lists some pretty incredible sounding recipes. And she uses pictures, which I LUV in a cookbook (or, non-cook book)! I mean she really, really breaks it down. I was so inspired and compelled, I held the book tight in my arms after sitting in the cafe chair reading it for 15 minutes, and took it downstairs to the checkout line.

And then I read the back. Twenty-six dollars? Eh, lemme just write down the name of this book and check it out on Amazon when I get home.

Well, I’m home. Priced on Amazon at $13.75

Who’s a winner?

The World Science Festival – is now…as in, right now!

Complete with workshops, lectures, performances and fun activities throughout this great city (NYC, of course), the World Science Festival is guaranteed to get you open. Go if you can make it. It started June 10th and ends the 14th. I’m just getting wind of it today.
Everything from testing earth’s limits, to the cosmos, to visible thoughts, to journeying through parallel universes. Go!