The Way is a Verb

In Thor's day's mailbox this 23rd day in 2023 February . . .

Catching up on the mail …

Yesterday's birth dates included George Washington, the first President of these United States of America.He was born in born in the 1732 Colony of Virginia, 291 years ago.

And, among the best of our poets, Edna St. Vincent Millay was born in 1892 Rockland, Maine, 131 years ago. In her time, “Vincent,” as her friends called her, was almost a pop star.

Pop culture has become so diverse, subdivided, stratified, overpopulated, that famous people are famous to only a few. They may have millions of followers on TikTok but nobody is following them down Columbus Avenue [ in NYC ] – Garrison Keillor

There is a journey you must take. It is a journey without destination. There is no map. – Meister Eckhart

On this mapless journey . . . all is movement. There is no destination, only the enveloping presence of love. The “Way” is a verb, not a noun. – Richard Rohr

First Fig

My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends —
It gives a lovely light!

– Edna St.Vincent Millay