Mother Earth will outlive us all . . .

Tuesday, April 22, 2025. In addtion to it being Tiw's day, today is also Earth Day. The weatherfeather indicates moderate Southerlies maintaining sunny skies with mid 80's this afternoon here in TulseyTown, with more of the same tomorrow before a seven day stretch of possible storms beginning Thursday.

Nature is not a place to visit. It is home. – Gary Snyder

The first Oklahoma Land Rush began on this date in 1889. Boomers discovered Sooners.

One of the principle founders of The Sierra Club, pioneering conservationist John Muir, was born yesterday in 1838, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. His activism established the Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks in Central California.

Another lover of the earth, Pope Francis, died yesterday in Rome. Marianne Williamson posted a perspective on his legacy.

Expereincing Interconnectedness in the Natural World. A Buddhist and Ecology Event Series. April 22,23 and 24. This is a fee/support requested event, but there is a “free” link.

Le Guerre (II)

O sweet spontaneous

earth how often have
the
doting

fingers of
prurient philosophers pinched
and
poked

thee
,has the naughty thumb
of science prodded
thy

beauty how
often have religions taken
thee upon their scraggy knees
squeezing and

buffeting thee that thou mightest conceive
gods
(but
true

to the incomparable
couch of death thy
rhythmic
lover

thou answerest

them only with
spring)

– e.e. cummings, “Le Guerre (II) is a poem in the public domain.

Surrendering ... [to the flow] ... is not about giving in, capitulating, becoming a puppet, being naïve, being irresponsible, or stopping all planning and thinking. Surrender is about a peaceful inner opening that keeps the conduit of living water flowing to love. – Fr. Richard Rohr