Fireflies in the Garden


Here come real stars to fill the upper skies,
And here on earth come emulating flies,
That though they never equal stars in size,
(And they were never really stars at heart)
Achieve at times a very star-like start.
Only, of course, they can't sustain the part.

Robert Frost


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Never underestimate the power of the simple things
in life which sustain us and help us keep going when
it seems we can go no longer.

Thank you, Mr. Frost, for your words. Thank you,
little lightmakers, for showing yourselves last night
and for being enough to make the difference.

Firefly Flash

The Earth's Thin Skin

Finally finished Annie Dillard's
For the Time Being. Here's a passage:

Do you suffer what a French paleontologist
called "the distress that makes human wills
founder daily under the crushing number
of living things and stars"? For the world
is as glorious as ever, and exalting, but
for credibility's sake let's start with
the bad news.

An infant is a pucker of the earth's thin
skin; so are we. We arise like budding
yeasts and break off; we forget our
beginnings. A mammal swells and circles
and lays him down. You and I have finished
swelling; our circling periods are playing
out, but we can still leave footprints
in a trail whose end we do not know.

Buddhism notes that it is always a mistake
to think your soul can go it alone.

No More Dodge! I hope that's not true!