Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Hello Life

Hello from the humble hippie hut and feasgar math to those who know what that means :) At least it is evening here in the urban forest.

Sitting here thinking a little bit about society, recent events and my place in it while Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire plays on the tube.

Getting ready to make a first long trip, new healed leg motorbike ride to Ocala to meet up with Spiral Dance - it's such an exciting, welcome time in the new season for a breeze from Australia on the heels of Wales. I believe they brought the breezes that kicked up so lovely today. The good news is Gateways is super close to being an actual recorded CD and that is hard to believe. It felt like such a distant dream and I hope you enjoy it. As soon as it's ready I'll let you know how you can get a copy of the single so you can give it a spin.

I can't let this blog go by without mentioning the senseless violence we see not only just this weekend, but all over the world. There are many perceptions to life, death and the means in which it occurs, yet when we love so deeply, loss scars deep.  It sometimes feels the world is like this big circular  bubble all around us just in chaos and it feels the peace never penetrates much farther than our tribes.

I choose to believe that we have to keep the core burning bright, keep the basics alive and embrace the storms, they shape us, which shape the balance of the Universe. Keep singing,  dancing and loving.

May peace wash the world and soothe the hearts of the hurt. And live today like it's your last.

It's also incredibly noteworthy to mention the sudden loss of a really great music legend, Tom Petty.
Thanks so much for the amazing music and fun harmonies. May you rest well.






Fitting perhaps the last verse of Gateways addresses what is seen as the last cycle of life, going into twilight, and the underworld.
It speaks of Rhiannon's cave entrance where the rowan tree grows and the black bird sings and the owl of the night soars with the magic of the moon. It seemed full circle to the sunrise. It is said that twilight is a time when to feel the other realms, the spiritual worlds, meditate, receive divinity and also a time when to watch for fairies and gnomes strolling through the woods. The blackbird sings an enchanted song, drawing you in and welcoming you. Rest assured the cycle never ends.

~ hippie

Sky Father can you hear me
Earth Mother can you feel me
As the blackbird  (sends you deeper inside)
Sings his enchanting song
From the entrance (the gateway to Rhainnon's cave)
Of the cave

Callich Oidche (white old crone of the night)
She spreads her gray and silvery wings
It is twilight (the past has just begun)
Won't you stay






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