13 thoughts on “Special extended Tuesday edition has been mailed to subscribers”

  1. susyc LOVE the poem
    love especially
    its truth
    love most especially:

    “nothing

    is ever wasted

    dinousaur eyes in our DNA

  2. Thank you Amanda, and Chels, Eric et al. I got to the bank at 0-dark 30 this morning, deposited the funds, and re-figured out how to work a bank card on the order form! I’m stoked I’m re-subscribed!

    I don’t know if this is a confession, admission, reason, or testimony but, over my whole life it’s been feast or famine with cash. When it’s famine I’ve got no resources to distribute. When it’s feast I remember the famine and hoard in a miserly fashion, until it’s all squandered away. I think I’ve finally broken through that cycle, and when I’ve got the extra resource, and nothing specific to designate those resources to, I want to make sure it flows through to the sources I feel will most positively use those resources. And Planet Waves is one of the most positive things to come into my life. Thank you, All.

    Respect and Gratitude,

    Jere

  3. Eric,
    Thank you. Not only a small masterpiece with great photos but a demonstration of your continued vital artistry that never grows repetitive or stale.

  4. “Lemme know,” she says
    “how that works out for ya!”

    EXACTLY!!! ha- thanks for writing and posting these

    peace.

  5. 1. Tsunami + Earthquake

    It was just a gentle little tsunami
    that she used to reclaim her children

    They’re still counting

    Her earthquake child broke faith first
    a little earthly tantrum
    mixing it up with a little
    water near Japan

    That water’s getting hot now

    The earthquake plus tsunami
    mixing it up with 6 reactors
    built on a fault line

    Who’s fault is that?

    Funny little mammals
    want to control life and death
    want to mix it up with
    mother nature

    “Lemme know,” she says
    “how that works out for ya!”

    2. pangaea

    in the beginning was the
    word and the word said land
    and the word said water

    in the beginning was the world
    but the skin of the world twitched

    the world was twitchy in the way
    of a horse bitten by horseflies

    and the land moved out
    while the water flowed in
    and things grew

    this was after the time of fire

    scale has shrunk since then
    when trees and animals reached
    for the skies

    the word wanted large toys then

    the word wrote large then
    a young word in kindergarten
    with fat crayons and clumsy
    beautiful lines

    nothing

    is ever wasted

    the dinosaur looks out through my eyes
    the dna of tropical trees

    crystallized fossil now

    informs my mitochondria

  6. Thanks Jere and Amanda. It is nice to be missed. :::smiling::: I keep saying to myself “Maybe this (insert specific season or time period here) my life will slow down…” but that phrase has been a litany these past several years.

    To top off the emotional crap I am handling, my brother just called and said he needed our father’s birthdate because he is applying for a passport. He knows I have wanted desperately to get those for my family and be able to take the kids to foreign places (for their education and to broaden their minds). My dad adopted him (he is my half brother whom I helped raise because I was 12 when he was born) but he and my dad have nothing to do with one another because of my dad’s second wife. He could have asked our mom so what was the purpose of asking me if not to show off? He got a new job this year that makes around $239,000 a year and he knows we are still trying to survive on my husband’s teacher pay and my student loans. He also knows I am dealing with a major family issue. :::shaking head:::: My family can be so insensitive at times. Family….meh.

  8. Great article Eric.

    Thanks too, Jere, for the link to horizonherbs.com, I’ve bought a load of seeds to complement my herb patch and resow maize. Thanks so much

  10. carrie —

    so good to see you here! i did not know you were dealing with family upheaval (i’m not sure what kind, but no obligation to get into it more here).

    wow — keep breathing, hon! and who knows — maybe this merc rx is in just the right part of the sky not to have such a huge impact on your chart/you. i’ve traveled during merc rx a number of times (and at least once through a merc station) without misshap, so bungled travel is not a foregone conclusion. the emotional/mental circumstances surrounding the travel has sometimes been another story, but your drives could very well go without a big hitch.

    i mean, who knows, really. but it definitely happens. just remember to give yourself plenty of time, have your maps and ‘plan B’ for routes, accommodations, etc, keep your intuition on & listen. it’s all we can ever really, do, regardless of mercury — right?

    i’n sure your libido will return when it has the space — when you have the space — to feel & be felt. hang in there! i’m sure your son knows you love him; maybe it’s a good day for a little mother-son walk?

    anyway, good luck! and love to you.
    🙂

  11. Hey Carrie, just be there as an ear for you kid.

    Eric, I know this is an odd request but, I’ve got $90. to my name and $30. of it is going to you when I get to the bank (so I can deal with the electronic transfer). I’m requesting that you grant me a 3 month subscription asap, so I can have access to your writing. (When I am not responsible for a dog, tonight, I will deposit the necessary funds into the bank, and get them flowing your way through the proper channels. Please let Chels know not to double send me.) My e-mail is symbioticanarchy@graffiti.net. Thank you for writing.

    Jere

  12. Thanks Eric for this. Please tell me; will it be safe for my computers THIS time? Will it be safe to drive back and forth to Las Vegas (from Flagstaff) several times during this Merc Rx? I have to finish up my family’s issues there and transfer them here. I have no choice but to drive back and forth three times in April; right in the middle of Merc Rx. I am NOT happy about that but I have no choice.

    Good thing I got the major paperwork signed BEFORE Merc is going Rx. There are still bank accounts to open and get signatures on but the biggest papers are done.

    I am juggling SO much right now and staying pretty clear despite the family emotional baggage attached to all this. It is humbling and shattering all at once to now be given everything I never asked for but wished I could have only a small part of. I feel almost guilty for being the recipient when others (now passed on) wanted what I will now be in charge of so badly. When I ask my husband “Why do I get to be the fortunate one?” He always replies “Because you didn’t do the mean things; you weren’t greedy, you didn’t demand, you did the right thing, you just loved and waited and even suffered many times.”

    Is he right? I have no idea.

    I have been emotionally weepy, angry, and steady all at once. My libido has crashed (thank goodness my husband is a decent man and not demanding), and my whole life is turned upside down. I feel like a bad mother because I have neglected to school my son because of all this turmoil. My kids have been dragged through all this. I suppose the argument could be made that it is good for them but I keep feeling like my son is growing up without enough attention and time from me.

    I hate Merc Rx because the last four cost me tons of money I don’t have and caused a lot of financial pain. I hope this one is not so bad but it seems to be costing me time and energy already.

  13. Eric, thank you for how you open up the questions we are living in. So much more valuable than simply giving answers.

    Emotions and body as sensory, information gathering systems……. Learning how to discriminate within the complexities, rather than polarizing or just giving up…… your verbal depiction of these movements in human consciousness are valuable lights on a sometimes dark path.

    thank you.

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