Great Blue Heron — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Long neck
long legs
okay,
what the hack
waiting for the
right moment
becoming part
of the silence
what else is
a great blue
to do.
— kenne
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50 Years Ago June 5, 1968, A Great American Was Assassinated 1 comment
It has now been 54 years since a man with a gun assassinated Robert Kennedy, and little has changed to reduce killings by guns — if anything, it has gotten worse. Now we have a Supreme Court that is making it easier to have a gun(s) to kill on our streets, in our schools, and churches. We keep looking back at a time when emotion conquered reason on a daily basis. Will the killings ever end? — kenne
50 Years Ago June 5, 1968 BULLETIN (AP)
(LOS ANGELES) – AN ASSAILANT – APPARENTLY STANDING AT POINT-BLANK RANGE GUNNED DOWN NEW YORK SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY AND FOUR OR FIVE OTHER PERSONS EARLY TODAY IN LOS ANGELES. KENNEDY HAD JUST CLAIMED VICTORY IN THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE OVER SENATOR EUGENE MCCARTHY. HE WAS STANDING IN AN ANTI-ROOM OF THE AMBASSADOR HOTEL WHEN THE GUNMAN CUT LOOSE WITH A VOLLEY OF SHOTS. KENNEDY WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD – ALTHOUGH FIRST REPORTS SAID HE WAS SHOT IN THE HIP.
This is the actual copy from an AP Teletype machine just to the right of the one I was working in the STRACOM tech control room, Sukiran, Okinawa, 4:35 PM J.S.T., June 5, 1968. Like many, I had been following the primary closer and was shocked by what I was reading. A few hours later, the following came over the AP…
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Invoking the Meaning of Life Leave a comment
First posted on the blog in June 2008. — kenne
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Invoking the Full Meaning of Life
How best to express sharing new life,
when each moment deserves its own face
What seems apropos for the moment,
when the next foster a new experience
Is it in a number?
Number of days
Number of thoughts
Number of heartbeats
Number of turns
Number of prayers
. . . you can count the ways,
when only you who will know the score
Is it in a word?
Loving
Caring
Sharing
Giving
Sheltering
. . . you communicate thoughts and feelings,
when manifested in knowledge and experience
Or is it in art?
Transforming thoughts
Expressing feeling
Experiencing emotions
. . . you desire to evoke life,
when distance can’t separate a lifelong bond
— kenne
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Bluebird Abstract — Photo-Artistry by kenne
Flight of the bluebird
being of the chosen ones
ray of light creeps through.
— kenne
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Capturing The Moment — Sparrow On A Rusty Wheel Leave a comment
First posted June 25, 2022. — kenne
Image by kenne
Just a resting place
Sparrow on a rusty wheel
No longer turning.
kenne
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A Secure Landing 1 comment
Brown Pelican Landing — HDR Image by kenne
“To put it still more plainly: the desire for security and the feeling of insecurity are the same thing.
To hold your breath is to lose your breath. A society based on the quest for security is nothing
but a breath-retention contest in which everyone is as taut as a drum and as purple as a beet.”
— from The Wisdom of Insecurity by Alan W. Watts
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Bottlebrush — Photo-Artistry by kenne
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Celebrating Jeri And Ron’s Golden Anniversary 3 comments
Palm Springs California (June 17, 2022) — Image by kenne
The family gathered in Palm Springs to celebrate the Golden Anniversary of Jeri and Ron Roelling.
Golden Kudos
Another anniversary;
Kudos are now due
To this radiant, golden couple:
Your 50th is quite a coup!
You keep on keeping on;
However do you do it?
You make marriage look so easy,
Like there’s really nothing to it.
Congratulations, you two;
We wish you all the best.
May all the years to come
Be just as richly blessed.
— Joanna Fuchs
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A Rose By Any Other Name . . . Leave a comment
A Rose By Any Other Name . . . — Photo-Artistry by kenne
“O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet…
‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What’s Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.”
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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Arcosanti — Photo Essay Leave a comment
Looking back five years — kenne
Arcosanti Visitors Center — High Contrast image by kenne
(Click on any of the images below to see larger views in a slideshow format.)
In some ways, Paolo Soleri’s urban lab experiment, Arcosanti, is a storybook castle in the desert, reflecting both reality and fantasy. One might argue that is what all art is. For Soleri, “We must redefine the American Dream before we can rebuild the infrastructure on which it is based.” (Arcology)
— kenne
We are all miniature systems of infinite complexity, fantastically well organized.
We should see the city as an inner environment, rather than an outer one.
We are creating a new animal, with thousands of minds, serviced by thousands of brains.
— Paolo Soleri
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Anna’s Hummingbird On Nest In Southern Arizona — Image by kenne
Nesting Facts
— Usually lays 2 eggs per nest
— Has 2 to 3 broods each year.
— Incubation is 16 days.
— Nesting period is 20 days.
— Eggs are white
(Source: hummingbird-guide.com)
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Lady Of The Night Leave a comment
Revisiting ten years out. — kenne
“Lady of The Night” — Image by kenne
Opening
in the shadow of darkness,
its dazzling beauty
charming
the desert night —
soon to be
radiating
in the morning sun,
only to close —
wilting
in the harsh
summer desert heat.
— kenne
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“Invitation” by Mary Oliver Leave a comment
Oh do you have time
to linger
for just a little while
out of your busy
and very important day
for the goldfinches
that have gathered
in a field of thistles
for a musical battle,
to see who can sing
the highest note,
or the lowest,
or the most expressive of mirth,
or the most tender?
Their strong, blunt beaks
drink the air
as they strive
melodiously
not for your sake
and not for mine
and not for the sake of winning
but for sheer delight and gratitude –
believe us, they say,
it is a serious thing
just to be alive
on this fresh morning
in the broken world.
I beg of you,
do not walk by
without pausing
to attend to this
rather ridiculous performance.
It could mean something.
It could mean everything.
It could be what Rilke meant, when he wrote:
You must change your life.
Mary…
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2022.06.22: irrepressible 1 comment
Nice thought for this day — kenne
don’t let the critics
especially from within
silence your life song
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Palm Springs Aerial Tramway 3 comments
Looking Down Through Chino Canyon To The Coachella Valley Below (Greater Palm Springs) — Image by kenne
Palm Springs Aerial Tramway — Photo Essay by kenne
(Click On Any Image To See In A Slideshow Format
The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway—the world’s largest rotating tram car—travels over two-and-one-half miles
along the breathtaking cliffs of Chino Canyon, transporting riders to the pristine wilderness of the Mt. San Jacinto
State Park. During a ten-minute journey, tram cars rotate slowly, offering picturesque and spectacular
vistas of the valley floor below. Once reaching the Mountain Station—elevation 8,516 feet—enjoy two restaurants,
observation decks, natural history museum, two documentary theaters, a gift shop, and over 50 miles of hiking trails.
Tramway Video by kenne
Becoming is Superior to Being 