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Thoughts for Summer Solstice

~ by e.e. cummings ~

 

 i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky;and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun's birthday;this is the birth
day of life and love and wings:and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)

how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any-lifted from the no
of all nothing-human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?

(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)

earrings and ring

last green leaves before autumn


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A Midsummer Night's Dream Tale

 Titania and the Changeling

from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

Deep in the woods lived a band of fairies.  Their king was Oberon and their queen was named Titania. 
Act II of A Midsummer Night's Dream, opens with a disagreement between Titania and Oberon. 

Titania, it seems, has taken possession of  changeling boy.  His mother, who died in childbirth, was Titania's friend.  They would laugh together and the mother would bring Titania trifles.

When the mother died, Titania stole the child from his nurse and brought him to the woods to raise.  "And for her sake do I rear up her boy/ and for her sake I will not part with him."

As soon as Oberon saw the baby, he wanted him to be a henchman.  Titania refused.  "Set your heart at rest, the fairy land buys not the child of me," she said. 

Being fairies, who are very close to nature, this quarrel unleashed the forces of nature, spreading dissent and misunderstanding.  


The earrings (both sets) were inspired by the painting, by John Anster Fitzgerald.

In it, you can see Titania embracing the changeling child... or hanging on for dear life.  Her attendants watch warily, from their spot on  the left.  Meanwhile,  Oberon and his attendants wait for Titania to come to her senses while Puck dances and attempts to steal the garland of flowers.

The earrings can be found here.  To find Oberon and Titania, I suggest you check the forest.

Kitty Confessions, Part V

My name is Uncle Buckethead and I'm a rescue kitty. I live with the Bearded One, in his room with his collections of LPs, DVDs, graphic novels, ceramics, and several million drawings that he won't sell.  I was rescued when I was a little girl, living outside with my siblings and the coyotes.  Life is good now.  The house is filled with litterboxes and feeding dishes, and there's always a cat or dog to curl up with.  When I want adventure, I jump out a window and watch the Bearded One search for me.

But I miss my siblings.  There was Fluffy Bottom and Prime Minister Monkey.  They are far away now, and I would really like to communicate with them.  So when The Goddess of BrightandShinyThings started making her earrings this week, I sat right under her chair.  And I waited, because she always drops a little something to appease the Gravity Gods.

And sure enough, she did.  First she dropped an entire amethyst nugget.  You can see the size of them in this photo.  Amethysts aren't just for healing and contentment.  Oh, no.  You see,  in the psychic and spiritual realms, amethyst is an excellent all-purpose stone that can increase spirituality and enhance intuition and psychic powers of all kinds.  Just what this kitty needed!

I figured if I waited some more, she's make another gift to the Gravity Gods, and I didn't have to wait long.  Pretty soon a nice chunk of Purple Chalcedony bounced right by my paw.

Purple Chalcedony is the best for awakening dormant psychic capacities.  I have a lot of dormant capacities.  I'm a cat, after all.  But, with the Purple Chalcedony, I was on the path to Clairvoyance!  Clairaudience! And Clairsentience!

I figured it couldn't get any better than that.  I was one gemstone away from a chat with Prime Minister Monkey.  But the Gravity Gods were good.  No sooner had I hidden the Purple Chalcedony than I was greeted by Fluorite Falls!

Sure, I had all the psychic stones I needed. But I'm a cat.  I'm not known for deep thought processes.  I needed something to focus the brain cells I have.  And here it was.  Fluorite.  It has the ability to influence the activities that occur on the mental plane of consciousness, amplifying, focusing, expanding, and creating new pathways for my mind.

So if you'll excuse me, I'll be putting myself in a trance so I can commune with the sibs.  I can't wait to hear the stories Prime Minister Monkey always tells.  He's a real stitch. I coughed up a hairball last time we chatted. 

If you need me, I'll be on the astral plane.

But call me when it's dinner time.

Gemstone earrings here and here.  Buck on the Astral Plane.