my new camera is traveling to copper's house and i'm thrilled. maybe i need to pause, but i also want to stay in touch, though i often feel in touch with ether. i saw the pictures of the brutality against the people of ukraine, i read about the zapatistas, still alive 20 years into NAFTA. i feel the changes. i know people want peace, and we want freedom, and we will have it. we must overcome the structures that oppress and murder us body and spirit. life always asserts.

and this morning the steam was softly swirling across the quiet water and the two swans or snow geese were back by the promontory.  i sat down and melded with the beautiful light and copper came and sat next to me nuzzling and looking with me. i found that i look differently without the camera. if i can relax, i absorb light and image with my whole being, and i feel a quietus, and renewal.