Free, at least

from the cage

in which she

was born,

she is gone

from the world

that we know.

If a seed

does not fall

into the ground

and die, we are told,

it will produce

no new life.

She gave life

to those of us

who simply

kept her

safe and alive.

She gave us life

through her

loving response

to our care

-- so much

mutual reassurance

for the journey ahead.

Drag yourself before the Lord of Truth and Justice,

your very own divine self

and give an accounting

of what you have learned

that can be of help

to others.

Simple things,

like how holy it is

to be involved

with a garden,

how righteous it is

to associate with

other beings,

and how peaceful

and perfect it is

to be at home

with ourselves.

Yes, early on

I loved wandering

for hours in woodlands

bordering the distant fields

of a farm where I grew up.

It gave me a sense of

inner calm and

a graceful acceptance

of what is. It gave me

time and space

to know and

to trust myself.

Money cannot move a mountain. Faith can move a mountain.  Werner Herzog *

I hope sometime youll take a look at BURDEN of DREAMS, the documentary on the making of FITZCARRALDO, with director, writer and actor Werner Herzog narrating the story of the film as it was being made in the jungles of Peru and Ecuador, around 1979. Its a story of fantastic

dedication to the cinematic articulation of a vision, a story that mirrors the herculean fortitude

and commitment of its creator!

only to myself,

then lets

make the best

of it. Where we begin and where we end these endless paragraphs

hardly matters, eh, only that we go on for awhile with this kind of

blind, spontaneous writing ... who knows where it may lead?

The idea is simply to hit the keys more or less where they are

and hope some meaning will emerge. But now its time

to hold my baby piggie for awhile.