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Like blue dwarf stars and geometry, these things amaze me:

This is my friend's creation.

It is made of Plexiglas and displayed on a light table.

I am in love with it.

I haven't met it in person, but I can just tell.

"So on a summer's day waves collect, overbalance, and fall; collect and fall; and the whole world seems to be saying, 'That is all' more and more ponderously, until even the heart in the body which lies in the sun on the beach says too, That is all. Fear no more, says the heart. Fear no more says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall."

Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway

Shana Tova Umetukah!

(I copied that greeting from Wikipedia, it means "A Good a Sweet Year!")

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. Where I grew up, it meant a day off from school. Here, we don't take the day to rest, but I mentioned it twice to Sweet Sarah today because the idea of a new year and forgiveness have been on my mind this week.

It is easy for me to rush through my days without reflection; to dwell on or deny bad feelings; and to defend my actions (even when I'm not right). So often it is easy to distract myself and not sit quietly in the present.

When I woke up this morning, I thought about early morning sit spots... those meditations when all of the "to dos" of the day are put on hold and the main focus is chickadees or maple leaves. Today I will take a moment or two to throw stones in the river and think about apples and honey. It's a sweet, crisp, new autumn.

The Boss Revisited

I wish I were in Paris in 1985. When looking for Hungry Heart to see if the cover sounded real, I looked at Bruce Springsteen's videos on YouTube. Man alive. He is so awesome. And so good looking.