災 (⧖) 2Q26 辰

Pacific Northwest - Alaska - Hawai'i - Nānā ao

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Ramparts

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I was just there. Up in the mountains on the side of a steep hill where there was a complex of condos in the forest. My good sister was telling me that I had parking stall number one. Then she headed up the trail. Then my evil sister started in about how I should have known what the number of my parking was and then continued on just yammering all kinds of nonsense.I grabbed her by the wrist and tried to shove her fingers in her mouth to shut her up then I shoved her over on the ground and I took off down the trail. The hill was steep so the trail had a lot of switchbacks on it. I was moving fast because I knew my evil sister was coming after me. Then I decided that I would jump the switchbacks to make up time. So at every bend in the trail I just leaped to the next bend. It was great. I was really hitting my stride and it was a lot like the parkour you see in the cities. 

Finally I made it down to a rock outcrop where I could see a meadow below. I was thinking of jumping but it was a long way down over jagged rocks. I was worried that my evil sister was going to catch up with me. Then I saw below me in the meadow a golden being. The golden being was electric with dark and light colors that sparkled and shimmered down the arms and legs. The golden being had no hair and no gender.  The golden being was doing a happy dance and clapping their hands. Then the golden being looked up to where I was and was waving to me to jump. And so I did. I made a perfect landing. The golden being was really happy and was clapping and dancing and sparkling and shimmering. 

Then there she was. My evil sister is standing on the rock outcrop, she has stopped and is looking down at us. Then I look at the golden being and the golden being looks at me and we both look up at my evil sister. My evil sister jumps off the rock outcrop. And we watch her falling and then she hits the rocks. She completely wipes out and hits the rocks. 

The golden being and I go to where she fell and she's dead,  just a skin bag with all her bones broken is all there is. The golden being and I look at each other in wonder. The golden being shrugs. And I woke up. 

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The next day I called my good sister and told her this dream. I told my good sister that we would soon hear something about the evil sister. About ten days after this we learned that the evil sister died from a fentanyl overdose in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

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The raft, the Buddha said, is what carries you across the river of ignorance toward enlightenment. Once you reach the other shore, you set it down. You do not carry it on your back.

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the beauty of everyday things

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hi

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monument at My Lai

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snoozers awake

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Lilium columbianum Leichtlin

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Scorched Atmospheres: The Violent Geographies of the Vietnam War and the Rise of Drone Warfare

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salmon berries . . .

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遠くの雨雲

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Cherry blossoms in Osaka, by Korean artist 90gram

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I am like a person with many souls, each clinging to a different place.

- Heather Derr-Smith

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I've got some new socks. New socks are an absolute miracle. Highly recommend new socks if you are feeling out of sorts or are getting ready for a hike in the mountains that will put you back together.

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Kilauea Volcano 🌋 in Hawaii

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