Later is Earlier is the Same as it Ever Was?
Sitting on the couch at 6:02 and noting that oddly enough, with the Sun coming up earlier and earlier, I’m getting up later and later, which confused me for a few until I realized that hey, it’s also going down later and later, especially with daylight saving time, so that on the one hand, I’m staying up later and so of course I’m getting up later, and on the other hand, it’s still bloody 5am as far as the Sun, the Earth, the Moon, and my damn body are concerned. So there.
Doing less and enjoying it more
Also in the realm of time and such, I’m really feeling the effects of Summer (despite the rain rain rain we’ve been having here in Boston), which is ever and always the season of Huck Finn to me, the season that whispers in my ear:
Hey. Whatcha doin’? Wouldn’t you rather be fishing?
And hey–funny thing I don’t see too many of those I’d rather be fishing bumper stickers here in Boston, ‘cos in Iowa they’re on like every third car, along with my kid beat up your honor student and if you are reading this you are too damn close to my bumper so back the fuck up, jack.
Oh well. I actually am going fishing next week! It’s Story Land time, which Rowan is super excited about, meeting Humpty Dumpty and all, and going for a ride in Alice’s Magic Teacups. And it’s camping in New Hampshire time; five days in the woods with no internet connection woo hoo hoo!
Well, I’ll have my iPhone, so I’ll post something on Friday cos, as Havi says, it’s a tradition, and traditions are important. And still…it may not be the Wilderness, and I’m going to light out to it anyway! Yeah.
Food Inc.
So anyway, it’s Summer. The garden is doing nicely. Full of weeds and I don’t mind. I just pick them before they get too big and add ‘em to the compost. More grist for the mill, you know? At least I know where my food comes from.
And if you ain’t so sure of where your food comes from I suggest heading down to your nearest enlightened movie house and taking in Food Inc., which I saw at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on Wednesday, just after Ran and I took Tal’s class over at Yoga Now in East Dedham.
It felt good to me moving together, side by side, breathing, breathing, breathing, getting in touch with the mind behind the mind, or some Hippy Yoga Consciousness kind of thing, and then it felt good to go see a movie that reveals the true cost of our Techno-Frankenstein Food Production System, the Environmental cost, the financial Tax Dollars Supporting Mega Corporations cost, and the Human Beings getting Squeezed by said Mega Corporations cost.
Michael Pollan is in the film, and served as an advisor of sorts, and that by itself is worth the price of admission, and there is so much more than that. Enlightening and Moving, Film Inc. gets 2 thumbs up from this household. Check it out!
Little Fishes
We also picked up a fish tank that afternoon, and are now the proud caretakers of 3 new little swimmers. Graceful and Grape, the tetras, and Giraffe, the we’re not sure yet, now join Gilbert and Glasses, the guppies, in our little water menagerie.
Rowan named them, bless his heart, and isn’t it ironic that we boost up the bounty of fish for pets just days before we take our first trip in search of fish for food. Ah well. Such is life. The one hand giveth and the other hand taketh away! It’s all a wheel of Creation, Sustainment, and Destruction on this Earth that we love so dearly.
That’s it for today. Enjoy your weekend! Keep Moving! And listen for the voice of Summer whispering in your ear!
Love,
Chas
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