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The Highway and The Holy a matter of focus

The Highway and The Holy
Tucked in between a highway and a mall, the ponds are a liminal space. Some days, the traffic is loud. Some days, there is a shower caddy in the bushes. My latest essay is about finding the holy in the noise.

The Hologram of Being On Autotomy and Excavation

excerpt
"When trauma is pervasive, when the whole being is threatened and not just an arm or a leg, when the breath, the life-force, the soul (if you believe in such things) is captured, what part do we shake loose to survive? Where do we begin the process of growing our bodies and our lives again?"

Every Single Molecule On reclaiming the body after a lifetime of leaving it

This week's post on reclaiming the body.

What good shall I do this day? From "What fresh hell?" to "What good?"

"I am alive today...and because of that, I have the choice to add to the overall goodness of the world at large. Not because I am compensating for being worthless, not because I must earn my place, but simply because I have it in me to do good, and the choice to bring that forth into the world."

...The process of letting this anger work its way through me takes time. In a regime where another atrocity is only a breath away, this processing becomes a constant, grueling task."

Anger and hatred tighten around me, a binding cloth from which monsters are made. When these feelings dominate, I begin to see a stranger in the mirror—familiar in our times, but foreign to my values. The process of letting this anger work its way through me takes time. In a regime where another atrocity is only a breath away, this processing becomes a constant, grueling task.

Excerpt from this week's post:
theliminalatlas.substack.com/p/the-line-i...
"Anger and hatred tighten around me, a binding cloth from which monsters are made. When these feelings dominate, I begin to see a stranger in the mirror—familiar in our times, but foreign to my values...

Pippa the cat being held by a human

Feeling better and back at work. Pippa isn’t done cuddling, though, apparently?

miniature library project. Books, an archway, and steps.

miniature library project. Books, an archway, and steps. Paintings on the wall.

We have lights! And my wife made the first six books. The stairs and the arched entry way are adorable.

The depth of the material, combined with Deary’s approach to it, made this an often visceral experience. I highlighted the hell out of this and will continue to work with these observations and ideas in my own approach to “navigating the wear and tear of living.”

#2026Reads
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".... But we all have a breaking point at which things start to unravel. What pushes us to that point, and what that unravelling looks like, will be specific to each of us. Our breaking, like our world, will be our own. "

I wasn’t expecting his beautiful, at times poetic, writing.

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Book cover for How We Break: Navigating the Wear and Tear of Living, by Vincent Deary

"To be clear right from the start, this is not a book about mental illness. This is a book about you and me and what happens when we are pushed past our limits. And for sure, some of us will end up with a formal diagnosis, or under a system of care...

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hawk taking off into the fog

sleeping geese

Female Hooded Merganser

Male Hooded Merganser

Canada Goose taking off for flight

Downy woodpecker

great blue heron

an abstract moment of leaves and branches

great blue heron

foggy moment with the ponds, a bare tree with many branches, and a small outcropping of land

Cold and foggy morning at the ponds.

Getting Our Affairs In Order Beyond hope but not hopeless

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Dead Man’s Switch On learning safety in unsafe times

Dead Man's Switch: On Learning Safety in Unsafe Times
Excerpt:
When do we learn safety, I ask myself. When we are taught. When did I learn safety? If safety is learned, then what happens to those of us who were enrolled in a different curriculum?"

Bufflehead adult with two juveniles

American Coot

tree with deep grooves from a beaver

four ducks, two mallards with their butts in the air while their heads are submerged and two gadwalls, one with their butt in the air.

Common Merganser

geese at rest

Northern Flicker

Two Bald Eagles

A tree with evidence of fresh beaver markings with shavings on the ground

cormorant

This morning's pond outing

This is the video.

Been a while since I've been to the ponds. Felt like coming home. And what a better way to start a new year than capturing duck butt, geese, mergansers, and a cormorant feeding on a catfish!

... Donald Trump’s latest front in his campaign to stamp out all political, electoral and ideological opposition,” ActBlue said in a statement. (2/2)

#facism #fascisminrealtime

Trump orders Justice Department to investigate Democrats' top fundraising platform President Donald Trump has ordered the Justice Department to investigate the Democratic Party’s top fundraising platform.

“The Trump Administration’s and GOP’s targeting of ActBlue is part of their brazen attack on democracy in America. Today’s escalation by the White House is blatantly unlawful and needs to be seen for what it is: ... (1/2)

apnews.com/article/trum...

Sign: First comes outrage, then comes courage.

Sign: Know your parasites. Deer Tick, Dog Tick, Luna Tick (photo of Trump)

First comes outrage, then comes courage.

Stand up to Fascism! EUGENE April 19th, noon to 3 PM Park Blocks (8th & Oak) In solidarity with 50501

Stand up to Fascism!
EUGENE
April 19th, noon to 3 PM
Park Blocks (8th & Oak)
In solidarity with 50501

canada goslings tucked up by adult goose's tail feathers

canada goose in flight, with wings in a v and beak open. reflection in water beneath.

red-winged blackbird sitting on a curved branch

red-winged blackbird in flight

The Ponds this morning.

Den stora älgvandringen – Idag 00:00 I flera tusen år har älgarna vandrat samma leder för att ta sig till sommarens rika betesmarker. Följ årets vandring, som är den sjunde säsongen då vi får se älgarna vandra i rutan och på SVT Play.

The Great Moose Migration of Sweden has begun.

Watch it here: www.svtplay.se/video/8rQo4R...

Learn about it here:
apnews.com/article/swed...

Canada goose with four little fluffy babies on water

Osprey sitting in a nest

First babies of the season! Also, the ospreys are nesting.

White text against a red-hued blurred background: The whole future lies in uncertainty; live immediately. - Seneca

The whole future lies in uncertainty; live immediately.
- Seneca

My life makes so much more sense to me knowing that I’m autistic.

Happy #autismawarenessmonth to my fellow neurodivergents.
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