The Fire in the Sky

We rest beneath the fire in the sky,
Beneath the ocean of air and water,
Under the ocean rising in the sun,
We live beneath the drama of clouds.






And a political statement:

Where the Road is Going

I wonder where this road is going,
I can't see what's ahead,
Sometimes, I'm not sure where I am,
But I keep going on ahead.

And sometimes I don't care where I am,
And I don't care what's ahead,
I won't be sitting here,
I will keep going on ahead.

I Saw It!

I watched the Mercury Transit this morning.

I am intrigued by these events that would go unnoticed, and may have little or no effect on us, but are amazing all the same.

Transits, eclipses, sunspots,
comets, and asteroids,
the orbit of Neptune,
black holes at the center of the galaxy,
the tides, the weather, lightning strikes,
migrating whales, songbirds, and butterflies,
the auroras,
sequoia seeds dropping to the ground,
cicadas burrowing out the soil...
The list goes on and on.

Along the Road

There are no straight lines in Nature

Brewer's Blackbird

From the Book of Nature

1.  The laws of nature are absolute, and cannot be violated.  There is no crime in nature.

2.  The universe is anthropic, providing all the essentials for intelligent life; but it is also indifferent to that life.

3.  Life is the dance of water and carbon.

4.  Life depends on the Sun, and then killing and eating others.

5.  Nature has a vast "ghost range."  Most life is hidden, and we will never know everything.