WHEN in the course of human Events, it becomes necessary….
The Eye of God Can Be Seen This September
byVanderleunonSeptember 7, 2022
Is it not by his high superfluousness we know
Our God? For to be equal a need
Is natural, animal, mineral: but to fling
Rainbows over the rain
And beauty above the moon, and secret rainbows
On the domes of deep sea-shells,
And make the necessary embrace of breeding
Beautiful also as fire,
Not even the weeds to multiply without blossom
Nor the birds without music:
There is the great humaneness at the heart of things,
The extravagant kindness, the fountain
Humanity can understand, and would flow likewise
If power and desire were perch-mates.
— The Excesses Of God by Robinson Jeffers
Located roughly 650 light-years from Earth, it is one of the closest planetary nebulae and easy to spot through binoculars or small telescopes. It’s believed to have formed about 10,600 years ago when a dying star exploded and shed its outer layers into space. To spot it, Cosmic Pursuits recommends looking “10 NW of the bright star Fomalhaut.” To look into the Eye of God go here for directions The Helix Nebula – Cosmic Pursuits
The Helix Nebula is located about 10º NW of the bright star Fomalhaut. It looks like a big Moon-sized grey circle in a pair of binoculars. At low-to-medium power in a telescope, the nebula appears as a smokey oval set in a triangle of 10th-magnitude stars. At first, it seems well-defined and somewhat featureless. But keep looking.
What a day, nephew lost his lace in Forest Hill Ca, I’m sitting on the deck, and the mountain perhaps two miles away took a dry lightening hot. Flame on. Fires racing down the mountain, we’ve just learned it’s burning our friends Dairy, perhaps 2000 milk cows.
Our daughter in law is #2 in state fire, just texted told us to advise our son in law to get ready to roll.
Around Klamath falls is literally blowing up. Bombers are up, I’ve timed it to 12 minute race track time, rotate, dump land, at least 1/2 hour retardant times. Three choppers dipping.
My kid p, his dozer crews, arrived are hitting it hard. Wind 30 mph.
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Gerard Van der Leun
1692 MANGROVE AVE
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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What a day, nephew lost his lace in Forest Hill Ca, I’m sitting on the deck, and the mountain perhaps two miles away took a dry lightening hot. Flame on. Fires racing down the mountain, we’ve just learned it’s burning our friends Dairy, perhaps 2000 milk cows.
Our daughter in law is #2 in state fire, just texted told us to advise our son in law to get ready to roll.
Around Klamath falls is literally blowing up. Bombers are up, I’ve timed it to 12 minute race track time, rotate, dump land, at least 1/2 hour retardant times. Three choppers dipping.
My kid p, his dozer crews, arrived are hitting it hard. Wind 30 mph.
Something wonderful!