Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016) “Wicked is the witch that stands 4 nothing All the while watching 2 see U fall Deeper than the ditch that bred your suffering The one being dug right now by them all… The only love there is, is the love we make [x2] (The only…
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This Is The #NoDAPL Last Stand, Camp of the Sacred Stones Last stand: ‘water protectors’ return to Standing Rock as drilling set to begin (67)
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The Darkling Thrush Thomas Hardy, 1840 – 1928 I leant upon a coppice gate When Frost was spectre-gray, And Winter’s dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled pine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires.…
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Father Daniel Berrigan, Anti-War Activist & Poet, Dies at 94 “The legendary anti-war priest Father Daniel Berrigan died today at 94. He was a poet, pacifist, educator, social activist, playwright and lifelong resister to what he called “American military imperialism.” Along with his late brother, Phil, Dan Berrigan played an…
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The Week In Wildlife, Guardian (13)
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Easter remains the most pagan of all the Christian holidays, unable to fully detach the foundation story of death/rebirth from the natural symbols which mark the Spring: the Hare, the Egg, the Lamb, the Lily. The Stone, rolled away. Western religious traditions have tried mightily to center the human as…
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Wrong Turn: Biologist Rupert Sheldrake On How Science Lost Its Way, The Sun “This is a core question: How do things take their forms? Whether we’re talking about a plant, an animal, an atom, or a galaxy, they all seem to organize themselves spontaneously. Unlike machines, which are assembled by…
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