Daily Signet

In this time of death and resurrection, may we crack the egg, remove the protective shell that has kept us entombed and find the center of gold waiting for discovery. And in that golden center, the potential for renewal: new-found music, a re-awakening of dance, a rebirth of grace and friendship, a discovery of connectedness, a new role, a new place to be, a transformation of those we almost gave up on….May we meet the challenges of these days with faith that what we cannot see and what we cannot know vitalizes what we must see and what we must do. May we seed our imaginations with hope that weeds out the fear, the second guessing and then let the blooming begin. May we reimagine life as a river-fed river flowing into and through us and on into other river-fed rivers. May we convey the love that has fed us, that is feeding us and that will feed us and may it refresh the dark earth around us with a moisture that grows into green. 

Benjamin Martin

On This Day…

Earth Day and Shinto day honoring the earth and the Diety manifesting as Mother Earth

Vladimir Nabokov born 1899 in St. Petersburg, Russia, died 1977: novelist.
Works: Lolita, Pale Fire, The Gift
Quotes: “The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness.” “Existence is a series of footnotes to a vast, obscure, unfinished masterpiece.” “The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”