Well yet again it has gotten heavy around here; it usually does. Fall is coming on and Winter is quickly approaching, and I'll have much more down time to get through all of these notes and ideas and get some more writing out. I have some really gnarly stuff to work through in the coming months, much of which is attributable to the fact that there is a lot of really gnarly stuff going on, and one must face it. But I don't want to lose sight of the fact that a large part of understanding and coming to terms with reality has to do with living well in accordance with that reality, which is what I'm constantly trying to do here.
And oftentimes it means taking a step back and looking around and taking a few breaths. I like to get out and take a look around and really take in the beauty of the world we've got. I can share some of that through the occasional picture or so at least.
I get a lot of pictures of Rainier - Tahoma in indigenous language - in particular. You could call it a form of worship, a reverence for those titanic forces of nature, which in this case forged this great water tower, blasted into the air by volcanic eruption, and then catching and holding a massive store of water through the accumulated glaciers, which cut their way down the mountain, forming those beautiful snaking lateral moraines, and then finally terminating at the snout with a river pouring forth, nursing incredible ecosystems all along its course.
And if you squint at the entire thing, you can make out the unified movement of its many curves, moving together with gravity, and you can hear the roar of the river traffic, miles upon miles away, all moving together and with purpose.
