palm

Interior of the hand. Sole that has come to walk
only on feelings. That faces upward
and in its mirror
receives heavenly roads, which travel
along themselves.
That has learned to walk upon water
when it scoops,
that walks upon wells,
transfiguring every path.
That steps into other hands,
changes those that are like it
into a landscape:
wanders and arrives within them,
fills them with arrival.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Flash Forward

Anyone else notice the many quantum physics references in the new ABC series, "Flash Forward"? Everything from photons that know you're watching and so change their behavior to Schroedinger's Cat. And there's the whole premise of fate and causality...whether knowing the future makes it happen or is it just one of many possible futures that a person can change (quantum state of uncertainty--all possible futures happen--the cat is both dead and alive at the same time). Then there is the episode titled The Black Swan ...

Laura and Michael's Wedding Site

2 months and counting till our daughter's wedding...here's their wedding web site!

Aaron Espe

A student in my Speech class at the University linked me to his brother-in-law's music. Here is Aaron Espe...love the acoustic sound and the lyrics. One of my favorites is "Tuesday Morning" from his Songs from a Small Town album and "You've Caught me Now." He is offering his music as a free download here.