tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.comments2019-02-26T20:50:29.272-06:00Evocationcregilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-59400443203708127902013-01-15T23:31:59.920-06:002013-01-15T23:31:59.920-06:00I just saw the name "Bun Baddit" mention...I just saw the name "Bun Baddit" mentioned in the right hand sidebar and almost giggled. I remember that.Steeny Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886224738812704532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-22058061157681965572012-12-31T13:16:10.332-06:002012-12-31T13:16:10.332-06:00Good to know there are a few empathetic humans amo...Good to know there are a few empathetic humans amongst us. I think "few" is the key word.<br /><br />Nice to see you've done a lot of blogging. I'll have to get in here and read more as time permits.Steeny Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886224738812704532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-14283702275369142602012-10-08T09:44:50.570-05:002012-10-08T09:44:50.570-05:00I like yarns and want to read yours.
This weekend...I like yarns and want to read yours.<br /><br />This weekend, I was working on a ghost story I have second hand. It may be too long for the Blog. I suppose I may try to get it up before All Hallow's Eve, although it is more about metaphysical speculation than haunting.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-7551636638641924762012-10-08T09:38:25.249-05:002012-10-08T09:38:25.249-05:00Made changes just for you, Steeny Lou!Made changes just for you, Steeny Lou!cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-37394830969419157892012-10-08T09:28:02.128-05:002012-10-08T09:28:02.128-05:00You are very kind, Sue.You are very kind, Sue.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-21086099300166179062012-10-07T16:17:50.594-05:002012-10-07T16:17:50.594-05:00One of my unpublished manuscripts deals with a wom...One of my unpublished manuscripts deals with a woman who woke from a dream in which her husband had been scalped. When I wrote it, I thought it was fiction - based on a similar bit of family legend. Several years later I ran across this account of actual events, not like my family history, and - of all places - in the untidy archives of the Austin Museum Of Pop Culture. My story was called "Lightening and Herbs". I'll have to find it.<br />But it was nothing...just a yarn. This is an incredible essay by an enlightened mind, with a wounded heart. I'm so sorry you were wounded. Thank you for baring the scars. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698633729340352603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-78576284495046622282012-10-07T15:54:25.108-05:002012-10-07T15:54:25.108-05:00This is so achingly beautiful and I am so pleased ...This is so achingly beautiful and I am so pleased that you did not step aside. You are NOT invisible to others. You are a gentle, somewhat mysterious, positive force. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698633729340352603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-42691283520511866672012-10-07T15:35:19.559-05:002012-10-07T15:35:19.559-05:00Beautiful! Early moening is something I usually se...Beautiful! Early moening is something I usually see from the bottom - as the end of my night, rather than the beginning of my day. Orion and the angels are with me, too. The birds, however, are waiting for you!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698633729340352603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-60096061497578231612012-10-07T15:29:31.389-05:002012-10-07T15:29:31.389-05:00That'll teach him!
So...let me guess....
Manus...That'll teach him!<br />So...let me guess....<br />Manuscript shredded.<br />Squirrel nest found.<br />Post by school chum read.<br />Death!<br /><br />I love it!!!<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03698633729340352603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-16840512761238102352012-05-09T19:51:39.771-05:002012-05-09T19:51:39.771-05:00"Somethings" – should be “some things”
..."Somethings" – should be “some things”<br /><br />And are you sure the garage wasn’t “well lit”?<br /><br />And you know you're a good writer so I won't bother to say you did a good job on this one, brat who need a swift kick in the butt!Steeny Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11886224738812704532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-80946446527914826952012-05-08T11:57:09.224-05:002012-05-08T11:57:09.224-05:00"Some people can't handle the truth."..."Some people can't handle the truth." Love your sense of humor!! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-58889066056355797592011-07-17T14:41:00.046-05:002011-07-17T14:41:00.046-05:00End of the Shuttle links:
* Deorbit and Landing p...End of the Shuttle links:<br /><br />* <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts115/launch/landing-vlcc.html" rel="nofollow">Deorbit and Landing procedure</a> (using prior flight) <br /><br />* Real Time <a href="http://www.n2yo.com/?s=25544" rel="nofollow">Shuttle/ISS Position</a><br /><br />* Real Time Shuttle using Google Earth (<a href="http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/shuttle_google_earth.html" rel="nofollow">download page</a>)cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-19414598683139355542010-12-24T22:57:44.969-06:002010-12-24T22:57:44.969-06:00Thank goodness! Cornmeal can be used fro cream gr...Thank goodness! Cornmeal can be used fro cream gravy!<br /><br />http://old-recipe-detective.blogspot.com/2005/08/corn-meal-gravy.htmlcregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-1553591516336465042010-07-15T18:51:49.221-05:002010-07-15T18:51:49.221-05:0048 Hours later, it occurs to me that, being a Texa...48 Hours later, it occurs to me that, being a Texan, I could have just gone <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCCO4figO-o" rel="nofollow">here</a>, sipped a beer, sang along, played the harmonica with the fiddle part and been "good to go!"cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-51638369231779320562010-07-14T16:45:54.618-05:002010-07-14T16:45:54.618-05:00"The durable desire to endure?" Etymolo..."The durable desire to endure?" Etymologically, at least. A nice play of words in French.<br /><br />That is it Scot-- and I needed that: <br /><br />Protecting one's heart would be pointless and no one would do it if it was not really protecting one's ego. I fear, therefore, I have a difficult task ahead of me.<br /><br />Unless, of course, those birds (being, perhaps, the agents of the Holy Spirit?) can peck it away for me-- as my ego's desire to remain seems quite strong.<br /><br />Until yesterday, I thought all of this rawness was probably the result of, at long last, a bit of the bone being exposed to the air. It seems now that far more has been accreted around my bones (psyche) than I had allowed myself to imagine.<br /><br />I grow impatient; and hope and despair are at war, yet again, for dominance.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-47665283044487824252010-07-14T03:28:04.145-05:002010-07-14T03:28:04.145-05:00Endure. Le Dur Désir de durer. My faith. Let the b...Endure. Le Dur Désir de durer. My faith. Let the birds of appetite peck away all of my senses, my bones remain. Awake. Aware. Let us remain "up against it all".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129529328341922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-44359246535640061302010-06-11T14:20:27.245-05:002010-06-11T14:20:27.245-05:00and this: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm...and this: http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=50212cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-11047308576898837972010-06-08T19:13:59.319-05:002010-06-08T19:13:59.319-05:00As I continue to read texts on the psychology of s...As I continue to read texts on the psychology of spiritual experience, I often run across very good descriptions of experiences such as I have known in the contemplative life. <br /><br />Stanislav Grof's book, <i>Spiritual Emergency</i>, had a section on the Shaman Experiences. I read that section just because I thought I might find it useful in my work with others. <br /><br />Well, it reminded me very much of this entry. The primary difference between a Shaman's experience setting him apart for healing and spiritual leadership is that his is a vision-dream, whereas my "redemption" experience was real-life, and yet rife with mystical images.<br /><br />For me, regarding my own experience, it is the signature of the Author of my own soul.<br /><br />See: <a href="http://spiritualemergency.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Stanislav Grof’s own blog</a>.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-51613340902111745352010-04-27T14:10:54.122-05:002010-04-27T14:10:54.122-05:00Alan Graham, above, is the founder of Mobile Loave...Alan Graham, above, is the founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes in Austin, a mobile food service for the homeless: http://www.mlfnow.org<br /><br />Today, MLF kicked off a homeless awareness project, and here is the key request I have...<br /><br />The primary call to action is to text “MLF” to 20222 (to donate $10) and to visit www.iamheremlf.org. The site provides more information about MLF, Danny and Maggie’s story and how the “I Am Here” project came together.<br /><br />--ed.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-19251516834117257952010-04-26T19:19:55.619-05:002010-04-26T19:19:55.619-05:00This is an excellent post! Thanks for taking the ...This is an excellent post! Thanks for taking the time to share these thoughts. We have several blog posts that deal with the big issue of loss of family. Check those out.<br />-AlanAlan Grahamhttp://www.mlfnow.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-34908152701007483052010-04-21T17:56:03.248-05:002010-04-21T17:56:03.248-05:00I was intending to locate an appropriate image for...I was intending to locate an appropriate image for "alter-Christus" when a web search on the term demonstrated to me that most seem to confuse the Latin, "alter" (with an e) meaning "other" or "another" with the word "altar" (with an a) which is a place of sacrifice. The vast majority of images show a Priest standing at the Altar. That is NOT what the phrase means!<br /><br />Alter-Christus, another Christ, refers to the priest when he is acting as another Christ -- that is, Christ being present in the action of the Priest-- made real-- not limited to the sacramental-- not even really related to the sacrament of the Altar in any way. <br /><br />Goodness! What did all of those priests posting those Paten & Chalice images with the term do while in seminary? I fear such men believe their service as the alter-Christus begins and ends with the Mass. I fear, because they believe it, it is probably so.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-52627696524357401032010-02-08T18:53:54.054-06:002010-02-08T18:53:54.054-06:00I would ask what happened on page 100, but suppose...I would ask what happened on page 100, but suppose I would rather read it myself if you recommend.<br /><br />I think I am right that Willa Cather was inspired to write <i>Death Comes for the Archbishop</i> after seeing a print of this very image.<br /><br />Like sitting in the Alamo listing to <i>Soldier's Joy</i> after hearing <i>Èl Degüello</i>.cregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-41198076809721340292010-02-07T09:41:03.347-06:002010-02-07T09:41:03.347-06:00Reminds of getting to page 100 of Dan Simmons'...Reminds of getting to page 100 of Dan Simmons' Hyperion.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16129529328341922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-58954076572665442272010-02-05T12:31:28.482-06:002010-02-05T12:31:28.482-06:00Yes, Merton, I believe you are correct. A friend ...Yes, Merton, I believe you are correct. A friend just suggested the same to me a day or two after your comment. I read a bit about "Shaktipat", roughly translated as "spiritual energy descending."<br /><br />It is particularly interesting to me that most seem to describe the spiritual aspect of such an event in terms and images of their own faith; yet, in the absence of faith, none-the-less, describe a spiritual component.<br /><br />Thank you for adding some insight.<br /><br />Crewscregilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10898237675364895954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-125648389835548147.post-10815013621810150582010-02-01T06:43:11.145-06:002010-02-01T06:43:11.145-06:00The 'brain zaps' seem similiar in a way to...The 'brain zaps' seem similiar in a way to the Hindu / Buddhist phenomena called 'Shaktipat.' This can be roughly translated as 'energy manifestation.' The event can represent an emotional release or other effect of mystic work.J. Merton Walkleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633466422977849799noreply@blogger.com