Everything Almost

It's Sol's day . . .

Today is the birth anniversary of at least two notable creatives and one remarkable event: Jean-Luc Godard, the film director (Breathless) was born on today's date in 1930 Paris, France; the writer (Heart of Darkness) Joseph Conrad was born in 1857 Berdyczew, Poland; and tonight on this date, Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire premiered on Broadway, starring Jessica Tandy , Kim Hunter, and Marlon Brando

Also in the mailbox this sun-filled morning . . .

When awe and wonder are absent from our life, we build our religion on laws and rituals, trying to manufacture some moment of awe. It works occasionally, I guess. – Richard Rohr

Once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive…But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about. – Haruki Murakami

The earth will outlive us. We really don't have to keep killing ourselves . . .

And, Anne Lamott still knows almost everything . . .

Well Schooled

I did not receive my MFA in poetry from anywhere.

I found Hiram's voice on the ground resting under a big rock.

A quaking Aspen surrounded her above a crippled creek

below a billion-year-old October sun.

– jb