The Moon Garden Lounge

mahailia, the video cuts off for me too in the embedded version. I can watch the whole thing when I go to Youtube. Weird! Anyway, you got the main part I wanted you guys to see.

P.S. Anybody who calls me brilliant for using old Star Trek videos as metaphors (instead of pelting me with tomatoes) can sit right here by me and have some tiramisu.

Checking in to wave at the shadows and drop off thick carpets for a winter corner in the Garden - be warm.

I also have old books to shove in my luggage - thick and wonderfully smelly - yet full of new words and fresh thoughts. I have an impossible, virtual steamer trunk that defies the time/space continuum. I'll pack up the Garden Library for the season - it folds neatly into the new trunk of endless wonder. And I shall add one bright koi in an immense crystal bowl with one lily pad to keep me company. Mirages won't mind I think.

Travel is good for the soul if not the body - I'm briefly grounded and w/tiime to reflect I feel I've learned much about the sometimes surprising shape of bullying. I must ponder this knowledge while slowly folding it into the right shape to avoid cutting myself on the edges.

I've seen so many birds on this trip - (hopefully) soon to see even more in the marshes! I don't have names for them but they don't have a name for me either so that's fair.

"I never saw a wild thing
sorry for itself.
A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough
without ever having felt sorry for itself."

(dh lawrence)

Happy November~
May All Saints Day (and All Souls Day) be Kind to you



Normally indifferent to this song but Amy's version moves me. For you, my friends.

UH, oh........
another train wreck on the main thread. And it all started out so fiercely.
Will it ever end?

I didn't see a train wreck on the main thread today. Maybe I missed it, as is often the case. I have been enjoying the more "free-form" discussions the last couple days. Maybe it happens because there isn't much actual news. I enjoy the contrary opinions--but only when they are expressed with civility. The only thing that really bugs me is mean-spiritedness. The loss of one of our members the other day happened in part after someone else commented about her post that they get tired of people saying that kind of "shit." (Not a direct quote except for the actual quoted word.)

I think our mods are pretty reasonable. It is clear they are all thoughtful and intelligent people. I'm sure not interested in the job, especially after trying to manage student behavior at school all day. It can be exhausting.

On another note (probably belongs in the social action thread), I'm very anxious to see the outcome of the gay marriage proposition here in Maine. Only in the last few weeks has the opposition started campaigning hard. I think the proponents have had some very effective ads. However, I don't think I've seen one that actually features a gay couple. Maybe that is too threatening or maybe gay couples haven't wanted to be featured on tv. I have no idea. This one features a gay man who is a firefighter.



Another topic

On a personal front, I got an email from my sister-in-law who wanted me to know that she and my brother just found out that one of our nephews is bi-sexual. She said that his father (my other brother) "casually" mentioned it because the nephew has had a long-term relationship with a woman break up and is now already living with a guy (romantic relationship). The nephew was previously married briefly to a woman. So until now, the bisexuality was not a subject of discussion because he has been involved with women.

I felt bad for this SIL and brother because I've known since the nephew was a teenager that he is bi. It hasn't been a secret, but I guess no one ever mentioned it to them. She said they are "digesting" the news and that their H.S. senior daughter says she supports her cousin. Yay! So this news was surprising and thought-provoking for them, but I don't believe there is homophobia present. But I do feel bad that SIL and brother probably feel out of the loop on this. The topic just never came up. I assumed everyone knew.

I remember when I found out about the bi-sexuality that I gave it a few minutes of thought, but not much. I've known so many gay people (just a couple bi) that it wasn't something I needed to grapple with as many people do. I'm a classical musician after all, as are members of my family, and we have a high proportion of gays in our ranks. Big deal. Even my 85-yr-old Dad and his wife (extremely religious people) are surrounded by many dear younger friends who are gay and who are married in the eye of their church, although not legally.

In a way, I'm sort of impressed with my family because the nephew's sexuality has NOT been a topic of discussion for the last 15 years. His father doesn't really care and has always be rather matter of fact about it. It probably didn't occur to him that some people might think he should inform everyone (and IMO he shouldn't have to). Maybe some of us have entered Adam's post-gay world where LGBT-ness does not have to be announced.

So, while I'm sorry that my SIL and brother may feel they were in the dark, I'm happy that the topic hasn't ever been a big deal. To quote a somewhat famous blond Finnish man--"YAY" :Clap: