EARLY SPRING

This is the longest I have gone without writing and not receive a curious e-mail wondering why. And I don't know why. It seems that time is flying by and if I miss the late morning hours I don't get to it. Another reason is there is so much going on that I can't substantiate. I don't like to bring something up that might not be true. If there are overwhelming rumors, I will.  All that I can say for sure is our economic situation is crumbling and the old lines of authority are no longer in control. The people who would like to stay in power are still able to use the mainstream media to their advantage. Nothing you hear or see has any credibility. Soon the media will begin to broadcast the truth. It will be obvious.

I don't see any evidence of the collapsing world, here on Laughing Water Farm. We are experiencing an early Spring. I saw a red-winged blackbird, a robin and the Canadian geese are back. Most of the snow is gone. I still have to haul water, as my hoses, that run under the grass, are still plugged with ice.

We now have goat's milk. Lilly is milking about a gallon a day; Sophia will be kidding soon, so we will have to make cheese to use all the milk.

As soon as the frost goes out of the ground, we will start putting a fence around our garden to keep out the deer. We have lived here for almost forty years and never had the problems with the deer, that we have had recently. They have damaged our fruit trees and help themselves to all sorts of vegetables. I am not much of a hunter; although, I like venison. These deer, however, need to be weeded out before hunting season. Most of my neighbors hunt; but last year, five deer were in the garden the day the season was over.

I am not practicing what I preach. I have a hard time staying in the moment and experiencing the love that is there. I feel this tremendous energy of change going on, yet I cannot put words to it. Although the feelings are largely positive, there exist a certain anxiety, also. I don't like that. It will pass. Peace lies under everything.

I am reading this wonderfully informative but disturbing book, "EUNUCHS FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN" subtitle; Women, Sexuality, and the Catholic Church by Uta Ranke-Heinimann. I am not naive, I know how the church subjected women. Yet, confronting the horror of it is another thing! The degree, the church fathers were willing to distort scriptures and hunt for obscure passages, to maintain their belief in the inferiority of women and the evil of sexuality is astonishing. I am only half way through the book and I am already blown away. How could people be so incredibly stupid? And criminally stupid? These philosophies have ancient roots; they predate Christianity and have been a thorn in the side of humanity for thousands of years. I need to understand the origin of these strange beliefs and I will be writing more about it. It is amazing that anybody can be halfway functional with this horror in our collective background.

Some neighbors just dropped in. I need to be social. Love the one next to you and follow the light.

Love and Peace, Gregg