Speaking the unspoken . . .

It's Odin's day … and here in the Northeastern corner of Okieland forecasters are indicated a windy day with an unseasonably high temperature of 80º … the roller coaster ride into Spring has begun . .

Season changes have always brought out the muses of creatives, several of whom had birthdays today:

The prolific poet W H Auden was born in 1907 York, England. He moved to America in the late 1930s and became an American citizen.

It's the 121st birth anniversary of Anaïs Nin. The writer and diarist was born on this date in 1903 Neuilly, France.

Erma Bombeck was born on this day in 1927 Dayton, Ohio. The columnist and author was noted for her wit and insight.

David Foster Wallace would have been 62 years old today. Arguably, the voice of his generation was born today in 1962, Ithaca, New York.

And, on another sad note, today is the day 95 years ago that Malcom X was assassinated.

Human desire to transcend separation is more than 4,000 years old. dating to Pre-Greek, probably Stone Age rituals in the Elusian Mysteries of Demeter and Persephone. While the rites themselves are unknown, the message then and now remains : We are spirits living in a material world.

Clinging, grasping, separates. Letting go, unifies. – Tara Brach

The More Loving One

Looking up at the stars, I know quite well

That, for all they care, I can go to hell,

But on earth indifference is the least

We have to dread from man or beast.

How should we like it were stars to burn

With a passion for us we could not return?

If equally affection cannot be,

Let the more loving one be me.

– W. H. Auden

“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” – Anais Nin