Tuesday, January 30, 2007
IMPEACH!
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Because some days I am just too lazy or too busy to write.Think about the stars and how they came to be and drench yourself in wonder.
All we have is NOW.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Myth of the Virgin Birth Under Attack
Welcome to RELIGIOUS CONVERSION week!
Well, the myth of the Virgin Birth is under attack...again.
(I guess it's time for me to step up to the plate and explain that it is just a matter of time until they discover that I knew Raoul before I met Joseph back in the day.)
Every so often, someone claims to see Jesus or the Virgin Mary on a wall, in a window, or in the lumps of their mashed potatoes. Who knew there was actually a name for this: pareidolia, which refers to seeing any human-like patterns in the random noise and shapes around us.
Actually, I encourage this harmless trait since I'm not usually above selling my own likeness on Ebay from time to time....just a pretty painting, right??
RIGHT!
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Ice in Central Texas photos
ICE IN TEXAS!! Yikes!! but at least there are some good photo opps.
Monday, January 15, 2007
God Snows on Perry's Parade
An article mentioned that Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry's Tuesday inauguration parade has been canceled because of a winter storm dragging freezing temperatures and ice through the capital city.There was something else Jesus mentioned to me: That he'll give him a sunny day when hell freezes over, but I didn't really catch it the whole explosive sentiment.
Rick Perry was Bush's former Lt. Gov. when he was the ruler of Texas.
Friday, January 12, 2007
KOANs to Ponder Series
And now, in the spirit of religious diversity, a koan...how about it, Israel, give an inch to the Palestinians??? Mountain ranges
one over
another--
Talk out
the mountain-cloud,
| sea-moon feelings. | (47) |
One mind
lost in the plum;
The body, chanting,
now utterly frozen
| --unaware. | (48) |
A west wind passes
over the rain;
Evening sun
focuses
| on the begonia. | (49) |
A speck of dust flies up and hides the heavens;
A piece of trash falls down
| and covers the earth. | (50) |
An inch of tortoise hair weighs
| seven pounds. | (51) |
Cry after cry
after cry of joy--
Not minding
the hair
| turning white. | (52) |
The sound of a flute
from the high pavilion
Scatters the full-blooming
plum blossoms
| all over the ground. | (33) |
One rooster's cry preaches
| the heaven-and-earth dawn. | (54) |
Shouldering the plank
| --till death. | (55) |
A crash of thunder opens
the crown of the head,
Revealing
Original
| Man. | (56) |
All your life draw nails,
Pull out stakes
| for others. | (57) |
Thunder rolls once:
| a clear wind rises. | (58) |
One roar of thunder--
Burrowing worms all at once
open their doors.
From:
ZenForests: Sayings of the Masters
Book by Sōiku Shigematsu, Sōiku Shigematsu; Weatherhill, 1981
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
BUSH Limbo- How low can he go?
This photo was taken in 2004, back when Bush still had most of his hair and a higher popularity rating among Americans. He's grayer now, lost a lot of popular support.
In fact, a poll in USA Today showed that approval for Mr Bush's handling of the war has dropped to 26%, a record low. About 61% opposed Mr Bush's proposed 20,000 increase in the number of troops.
Mission accomplished??
Sunday, January 07, 2007
A Day on the Pedernales River
Yucca in the stone
Stand of yucca
Pedernales River, Pedernales State Park
A river runs through it.
Bubble bath, anyone?
The forest above the bluffsSaturday, January 06, 2007
Highway 29, Burnet Texas
There are now somewhere between 125 and 150 bald eagle nests in Texas and they are thought to be increasing at about 15% per year. I drove up to Burnet Texas yesterday to look at a nest that some eagles have built right off the highway on ranch land over the Llano river.
I did not get any pictures of the eagles, but here is a shot of the nest.
Friday, January 05, 2007
I went to the park yesterday
The cliffs above the river
The trail to the rose garden
Walking through the woods
As seen through my technicolor lenses
Fish pond in the Zen garden
See the sky in the water?Wednesday, January 03, 2007
It's a New Year
It's a new Year, same as the old Year, except we have a new Congress getting ready to smoke out the neocons. Or Do we???
Hmmm. Lots of hope riding on these newbies. Hope they are up to it and hope they remember why they were elected in the first place. This country wants change!!!
Change, when do we want it? NOW!!!
