The Furious Spinner

We're watching a DVD called Accessing the Mystic with Matthew Fox and Rupert Sheldrake. They're talking about ritual and ceremony. You know my feeling about ceremony: I think we're hardwired for it. Or softwired. Whatever the right word is.

I spent the day in Portland, first acupuncture and then craniosacral. During the break between the two, I went to New Seasons and sat in their eating area and ate and wrote on Ruby's Imagine. I really like her voice. I talks likes that sometimes. It's very freeing.

Have you heard about this book Tempting Faith by David Kuo? He was second-in-command for the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, that thing this administration created years ago and so many of us said this was just a way for them to get more Republicans elected using taxpayer money. Guess what? We were right. That’s exactly what happened. In 19 of 20 races where these people were involved, the Republicans won. One of these seats was Max Cleland’s. You remember him: the U.S. Senator who lost three limbs in Vietnam and yet the neo-cons were able to Swiftboat him.

I'm so glad conservatives are beginning to stand up and speak out for their country and their communities. On AirAmerica, Al Franken had only conservatives on today—at least when I was listening—and it felt good to hear them being outraged about the same things that frustrate and horrify so many of us. My college roommate was conservative; I was not. We got along just fine.

Which reminds me, I thought I found her e-mail on an article so I wrote to her. She was (or is) in the military, but I'd lost touch with her. (I haven't heard back so maybe it wasn't her.) But when I looked on tracksy.com today to see who has been visiting FS, I found many hits from the military. It was probably just the person to whom I sent the e-mail checking me out, but I got a chill seeing that, before I realized what it was. Isn't that awful? The Emperor and his tailors have sent a chill around the world and into our hearts in ways we don't even understand yet. Now that Congress has made it legal for the Prez to put any of us away without telling us why and without charging us (even though he hasn't signed it yet), life looks and feels different. And I am reminded once again of those who are in Guantanamo who have been there for years and who haven't been charged. The Catholic Church may get rid of limbo, but these men are still living in limbo. They have been living the reality of what can happen when a government ignores basic human rights and decency.

We must be better than these political leaders. We must be better than religious leaders. We need to be a part of our communities in real and messy and wonderful and irritating ways. We can't let anyone pit us against each other because of our differences of opinion. We need to live and work together in kindness and compassion. Don't you think?

Okay. I'm going to really watch this DVD now and cuddle with my sweetie. I wish you all joy and love. By the way, I've started cooking again. I shall write of it soon and give you some recipes.

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