A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted


When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,
Time takes on the strain until it breaks;
Then all the unattended stress falls in
On the mind like an endless,...

The Swan

Across the wide waters
something comes
floating--a slim
and delicate

ship, filled
with white flowers--
...

Dear Barry - Thank you for creating such a beautiful space for community all these years. You've cultivated a great thing for this community. Your kind and caring way with people has always moved...

A Modest Love


The lowest trees have tops, the ant her gall,

The fly her spleen, the little sparks their heat;

The slender hairs cast shadows, though but small,

And bees have stings,...

So calling this a “vaccine” is misleading, as it is not one by the normal definition. It is not made from actual pathogens, weakened by heat or other methods. It is manufactured viral spike protein...

Why I Urge You to Do What You’re Passionate About


When Rilke travelled through Russia
and studied Saint Francis
and fell in love with the married Salomé
and wrote poems for The Book of...

You Darkness


You Darkness, from which I come,
I love you more than all the fires that fence out the world.


Because the fires make a circle of light
so that no one can see you any more.

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2021-02-02_09-42-55.pngI'm reminded of a great book written for children but sage for all of us...

"Old Turtle and the Broken Truth"...by Douglas...

Metaphor To Action


Whether it is a speaker, taut on a platform,
who battles a crowd with the hammers of his words,
whether it is the crash of lips on lips
after absence and wanting : we must...

There Is A Road Always Beckoning



There is a road
always
beckoning.

When you see
the two sides

Poem to COVID<o:p></o:p>
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I´d turn right away from you<o:p></o:p>
wherever I crossed you in the street<o:p></o:p>
and as you came towards me<o:p></o:p>
I´d quickly go the other...

Any discussion of COVID lethality that ignores the substantial risk of severe pos-COVID syndrome(s) is dishonest.

Looking at you M/M

Here is a link for for your convenience: post covid syndrome

that's the problem with link-citing as a key part of interweb discussions.
There really should be more discussion of why a link is credible before using them to back up an argument.

Different...

this powerful poem led me to find another lovely one by this great modern Christian mystic;
AND a cool photo of him twirling an umbrella.
...

Hymn to Matter


Blessed be you harsh matter, barren rock; you who yield only
to violence, you who force us to work if we would eat. Blessed
be you, perilous matter, violent sea, untamable...

Thanks to Pamela for speaking up and sharing. Invaluable to hear from a practitioner in your position. Sure wish you might once in awhile post on the Townsy site!

How to Climb a Mountain


Make no mistake. This will be an exercise in staying vertical.
Yes, there will be a view, later, a wide swath of open sky,
but in the meantime: tree and stone. If...

my last offering to this site - and the Townsy site does not seem for me - I am not interested in a site that censors information. A great deal of what is on the following documentary (taken off...

As You Have Done for Me




There is treasure in you.
Joi Sharp

Yes, Fauci and Gates Do Have
Ties to COVID-19 Vaccine Maker


by Jeremy R. Hammond
Sep 16, 2020

Dr. Seth Farber: Big Pharma, Mandatory Vaccination
and the Emerging Bio-Fascist State | Part One

December 27, 2020

Anthony Fauci: 40 Years of Lies From AZT to Remdesivir

As the planet’s “Virus Tsar” since 1984, he has spread misinformation and
ignored critical questions. The consequences could hardly be...

the backstory : Fauci, AIDS, and other Mysteries

Apart from that being a dead link, Zeno [eliminate the i before the h in https ] Elizabeth Warren did not exactly pin Dr. Fauci to the Wall. She merely asked him one question - to which he answered...

We allow people to forward News and Events from the Townsy app to their Facebook pages, but we have NO relationship to the company. Townsy is owned by little old me, sitting at my computer at my...

The Facts of Life 


That you were born
and you will die.


That you will sometimes love enough
and sometimes not.

Winter’s Tale


Even from my study at the back
of the house I can hear an orange drop
upstairs, one of the last to grow


on the dwarf tree you bought me
thirty years ago. When it tried

Many of us have been long time financial supporters of NPR and rely on their fair and unbiased reporting of the news. NPR cannot provide this if they accept money from corporate interests that are...

sadly...Richard...I started to loose faith in NPR during the Kerry vs Bush campaign, but totally lost faith when I listened to Amy Goodman speak in person about how they are told what they can and...

Unfortunately, the vaers database is woefully inadequate regarding reported vaccine injuries; to wit, people dying 18 days after the administration of the vaccine that are not considered related to...

:waccosun: :waccosun: :waccosun:
I'm happy to recommend
Townsy Cafe
as a new community networking site
to take the place of WaccoBB.
:waccosun: :waccosun: :waccosun:
...

I would not say the virus is more dangerous than the vaccine, but I would say the virus can be treated because I've seen that with mine own eyes. I would also say it is very likely prevented...

https://www.waccobb.net/forums/waccobb/keep90days/2021-01-22_14-01-27.png

To fill the void left by the imminent closing of WaccoBB, Townsy Sebastopol has opened a new bulletin board called Townsy...

Blessed Are You Who Bear the Light


Blessed are you
who bear the light
in unbearable times,
who testify
to its endurance
amid the unendurable,
who bear witness

I Greet You On This New Morning
Moment by moment,
like the resurrection of the gods!
New Sun, New day, new opportunity!

If we don't get it right,
there will be another,
and another,
but let...

Balanced vaccine Info from an Integrative medical doctor well known to our Santa Rosa office:

Dear Patients and Friends,

Difficult decisions must now be made about vaccinations. IF, WHICH ONE,...

21 tips for a Covid-Free 2021

On the Pulse of Morning




A Rock, A River, A Tree
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9nTt2F0Kdc
Hosts to species long since departed,
Marked the mastodon,
The dinosaur, who left dried tokens

Wacco BB closing reminds me of good friends who lived on Mark West Road talking about how the fires fractured their long term community; I have been on this forum since 2004 if I recall correctly,...

Do you know who funds Professor Crotty and his research? I did not find that info.

It's a beautiful thing, isn't it, to see the synching of intentions to both take care of ourselves and each other, community, unfold with some grace. May everyone enjoy a ride in "the stream of...

gypsey wrote:

"... If you aren't vaccinated you are a risk to others."

Zeno wrote:

"[your refusal] ...to get vaccinated as soon as your age group comes up, is toothless, a mere symbolic...

Is it better to be mean spirited in response to a post you don't agree with, or better to just ignore it? Our responses show more than we realize.

From the Beginning of the Corona-virus Crisis, there was a very Binary dialectical
Choice. To wit: whether to believe Dr. Peter Daszak -OR- Professor Francis Boyle.



Transcript of Interview...

"Why has there never been a coup in Washington D.C.? Because there is no U.S. Embassy in Washington D.C.”
- Ira Kurzban attorney, following the 2004 U.S. Coup deposing Jean-Bertrand Aristide of...

Quilts


for Sally Sellers

Like a fading piece of cloth
I am a failure


No longer do I cover tables filled with food and laughter

Thank you so much for your service to our community, Michael! I so appreciate how how you took up this task on your own, and consistently posted, day in and day out, to keep us informed! :waccosun:

January 14

309 New Cases in Sonoma County. Follow Cases in your zip code here. https://experience.arcgis.com/experi...page/page_30/w

7 Sonoma County Residents Deaths were attributed to Covid-19...

Many thanks to you, GRU. I have appreciated and will miss the content and the constancy of your posts.
In addition to your safety and sanity, I wish you continued good health, good friends,...

The Ear That Speaks

I have been a standing self in this world.
I have braved both pleasure and disgust.
I have lived my words.
The stranger appeared and I did not look away.
The crazy youth...