The Vibrant Channeled Creator

When we race

We can’t fly in the same place

Or on each others backs.

We need the 3rd eye

The wings on our back

The breath of our lungs

To fly with spirits

lythe with the birds, the clouds and family.

JP

6/25/24

civilized leash

civilized flip flops

civilized teen age cat and owner

The joy of summers!

These words are a constant admonition to see in the migrant not simply a brother or sister in difficulty, but Christ himself.

feed him

give him to drink

clothe him

take care of him

visit him in jail

From Pope Francis

solidarity

running

stair climbing

arbitrating

equity

respect

how to speak in 13 language

talk museums of NYC

welcome all immigrants

share the land, traditions, culture, nobility.

jp

6/19/24

Djuna Barnes

From Garrison Keillor and The Writer’s Almanac on June 12th 2024

It’s the birthday of Djuna Barnes, born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York (1892). She started out as a reporter for a variety of different magazines, including Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, and she often contributed illustrations for her own articles. She was part of the bohemian scene in Greenwich Village, and published a collection of poems and drawings in 1915 called The Book of Repulsive Women.
She moved to Paris in 1920 and became friends with writers there, including T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, and James Joyce. After reading Joyce’s novel Ulysses in 1922, she said: “I shall never write another line. Who has the nerve to after that?” But almost 15 years later, she published Nightwood (1936), an experimental novel about a woman named Nora Flood, her love affairs and her spiritual advisor, a transvestite named Dr. O’Conner.
The book was rejected by all the American publishers she submitted it to, but T.S. Eliot loved it, so he published it himself and wrote an introduction. It had a great influence on many later experimental writers of the 1950s and ’60s, and it’s become a cult favorite.
For the last 42 years of her life, Barnes lived as a recluse in New York City. Writers came to pay homage to her, including Bertha Harris and Carson McCullers, but she sent them away. Her neighbor E.E. Cummings used to check on her by yelling out his window. She rarely left her house, and she spent her last 30 years working on a long poem that was found in her apartment when she died in 1982. In 1973, she told her editor Douglas Messerli: “It’s terrible to outlive your own generation.”

SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 2024
 
“We have to learn the art of loving every day. Listen to this: every day we must learn the art of loving; every day we must patiently follow the school of Christ. Every day we must forgive and look to Jesus, and do this with the help of this “Advocate”, of this Counsellor whom Jesus has sent to us that is the Holy Spirit.”

Conference Call

The Magician uses his abilities to connect with all aspects of nature, as if he were on an endless conference call with the spirits of the elements. Communication and networking are his greatest powers. Much like when using services like Webex, skype, Zoom or other audio or visual conference platforms, it is important to understand the people you are talking to so you can meet with them on a personal level and you can have the best conference call possible. Conference calls can sometimes be long and stressful and the tone of your voice and clarity of your speech are important. Whether its a video conference, you are screen sharing with several people, or on a telephone conference, be like the magician and relax your mind before you begin.

Your Daily Reading:The Magician

P ut your hand in mine

A ll five fingers laced

L ove eternal breathes

JP

6/4/24

June 3, 2024

From Jane Yolen,

A Good Pal by Jane Yolen

A Good Pal

is both forward

and palliative,

both welcoming

and knows when  to set a timer.

Turns on lights,

but can hold your hand

in the darkness as well,

pulling the covers over you

whenever  they slip off,

and setting a soft pal’s palm

on the aching parts of your aging body.

brains bring contact of souls,

hearts,

and breath.

JP

6/1/24