the chitty-chitty-ha-ha drone of cicadas

Heard the cicadas' song today for the first time this season. I was nearing the end of my lunchtime walk... It was very short, but definitely cicada. I’ve come to realize that it marks the point of no return, downhill plummet to the end of summer. Another hot, dry day on the north coast; most lawns have gone deathly brown and dormant, except where some businesses have been continually running their sprinklers. Have only mowed mine twice since the first of June, and both times were well before the solstice. At this rate, I may not have to mow the rest of the season. We are several inches to the negative for rainfall; though “they” say there is the potential for some late tonight and tomorrow... perhaps... we’ll see... They've made that prediction before, in error of course... oops… did I say that out lourd?... nawh... I wrote it…out loud...;-)~

This day makes me think of an old Lovin' Spoonfull song... "Hot town, summer in the city...back o neck gettin dirty an gritty..."

On another note...hummmm... have a meeting tonight... more martial arts, political crap. I’ve tried to excuse myself from it, but the powers that be won’t hear of it... If things go the way they appear to be heading, I may just walk away, take a sabbatical, start again somewhere else. Tired of the up-n-comin' wana-bees trying to maneuver there way into controlling positions in the enterprises (dojos) where I teach... Oh well, no getting around it, looks like major confrontation time tonight... For me, the issue is to not burn any bridges, not loose what few friends I have, yet maintain my independence. It will be a tricky balancing act. But this is a topic I could write on for several posts... perhaps later...

I guess we all have our little dramas, don’t we?...;-)

stream of consciousness

As Morison said, and I’ve oft repeated... “No one gets out alive”... so we might as well enjoy our time here. Trying to impress what? God, fate, karma?... that we’re worthy of eternal life, reincarnation, freedom from the wheel, from hell, from ... whatever...? It’s all the same…meaningless speculation. No one has ever come back and able to tell us what is truly after that transition, for transition it certainly is. From one of matter/energy, form, and function to what? You can’t destroy energy/matter…transform from one to the other continuously. Spirit...?...energy...?...same thing...?...(we certainly can’t exist without it...nor can anything else). Consciousness... another matter (intentional)...?... yet not matter at all... All energy conscious...?... Time to let this go, enjoy the music; I'm listening as I write ... Dave Mathews... The Dreaming Tree...;-)~