9 October 2013

The great imbalance of power!!

What a great clash of brilliant lights!
Above is Mother Nature with one single star out of its billions of stars – long set over two hours back – last dying rays looking askance at the clouds – and lighting them up in resplendent hues.
Below is the indomitable Human spirit trying to match – light for light, ray for ray – with its innovation in electricity, halogen lamps, fluorescence, reflectors….
What a great similarity. What a great contrast!!

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3 October 2013

Remembering a certain David Yankey….

… a week after I heard the “news”

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

Poet: Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905-2004)