Band-Aid rippers

It's a Satyr's day . . . and a wonderfilled day is at hand. None of us have ever seen this one before.

On this day in 1620, English colonists set sail for America aboard the Mayflower.

Henry Louis Gates Jr., is 73 years old today. The is scholar, a literary critic, a historian, and television host (Finding Your Roots) was born in 1950 Keyser, West Virginia.

Maria Callas died on this date in Paris at age 53. The American-born Greek operatic soprano revived classical coloratura roles in the mid-20th century with her lyrical and dramatic versatility. She remains among the pantheon of unmatchable voices, poise, elegance and beauty gifted to us as evidenced by this historic recording of “Vissi d'arte” from Act II of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca live at the Palais Garnier on the 19th of December 1958. It marked the soprano's debut at the Paris Opera, a major social event for Parisians and for which Callas donned her most elegant couture and a million dollars' worth of jewelry.

There have always been edge walkers: those who didn’t follow along with the status quo, who didn’t swallow the version of religion [or ideology] offered by those on top of the hierarchy as The Only Way. And at that edge, spirituality and nature are in unbroken relationship. – Victoria Loorz, from Church of the Wild, Broadleaf Books, Minneapolis, MN 2021.

Sophie rips the Band-Aid off the insensitive allopathic medical machine . . .

Not meditating yet? The link here provides an excellent and simplified explanation and approach. IMO, of course.

Perfect Tense

There comes a moment after years

following Emerson's path of

the examined life,

that living for the moment –

even running ahead –

makes perfect sense

with no tense whatsoever.

– jb