To thine own self be true

America sails on, still blindfolded, into autocracy.
The limits of both Trump and Biden are myriad. This is, literally, the worst U.S. Election ever.

Don’t expect them back anytime soon.

The powers that be giving Connor and Oilers the consolation prize for a weak, flawed game 7 in which Connor did not get a point.

He would much rather have won the Cup.

And our three Oiler stars are

1 Bouchard for misplaying goal 1 and being totally unable to play a lick of defence for the rest of the game.

2 Draisaitl for being conspicuously absent as Florida walked in to score the second Florida goal.

3 and to Kris Knoblauch for overplaying these two liabilities who constantly give up the puck all ways anyway.

Sutherland. 88.

Willie Mays, 93.

Walking over to tie black hose (on ground) to yellow rope across the roof to improvise a tool for lifting the hose so roofer can wash out eavestroughs.

Heaven, as such, is here everywhere around us on Earth. Sometimes we merely need only look up at the daily passing skies and lovely cloud-shows.

A 5-week break owing to the need for a server replacement for my invaluable IT resource guy. A nice break for me, personally, in what’s been a very busy, productive summer moving forward on several fronts. My overall wish continues to be for peace everywhere for everyone as much as possible.

Coming up to 14 full years of authoring this blog tome. It has been a very satisfying process, transferring thoughts and feelings from consciousness to some form of transitory record of what I have experienced, believed, and pondered. Like Tennyson’s Ulysses, I continue to seek, to find, and definitely not to yield. More than ever, I am the individual I always was, have been, and continue to be. “Became myself more each day.” RD

Middle of last night; couldn’t sleep, listened to the above CD from his boxset below.

Immediately, my heart rate, which had been up during the day, started to go down noticeably. By the end of the disc, I was experiencing deep stillness, calm, and relaxation through the middle of my body. I had experienced this on a previous occasion maybe a year or two ago on a prior listen; the metallic sculpture sounds have a strong somnolent affect on the human ear and body, especially when lying down in the dark.

Very much an ‘aural sedative’ from a unique, artful source: I imagine Bertoia walking around and playing his barn full of innumerable metallic sound installations, gongs, sculptures, bars, etc.

Truly ‘clears and cleans out’ the mind and lungs, leaving just the single impression of s-t-i-l-l-ness and profound calm.