Philosopher Stone

It's sunny here today, so I went out to the quarry to meditate on some of the decisions I need to make in life. The birds were singing songs about how cool it is to have lived through the winter, be getting laid, and having little birds. Some big bees were buzzing around looking for a nice piece of wood to bore into and make more bees.

I find thinking, or meditation, or spiritual oneness (whatever you'd like to call it) much easier after about a half hour in such an environment. I think I'm now more ready to roll with whatever life has to offer in the next month.

Oh, yesterday I started and finished "Devil in Paradise." Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. I had never read any Henry Miller before. I can definitely see similiarities in his style and Anais Nin's. The tale is told compellingly. I think it should be required reading for kind and generous people.

Boomers

Funny how words can change. Today everyone refers to boomers. You know those people who are now buy the mercedes SUVs and mutual funds. Baby boomers, created when Johnny came marching home. But that's a recycled word like rainbow flags are recycled symbols.

What did a boomer used to be? A boomer was a transient worker whether by inclination or by necessity. Today's equivalents would be temps and/or migrant workers. Not having unemployment compensation to worry about often meant hiring a lot of workers for a short while was more attractive than keeping fewer workers for a prolonged period of time. The Australian version of the word is swagman. Dig into where the saying "waltzing matilda" came from if you want some interesting word history.

So there were boomers once. Now there is a new version of boomers.

"For pennies they're bought,
and for promises sold."
Utah Phillips "All Used Up"

Oh, don't get me started on the use of the word as it pertains to big iron fish that can destroy the world as we know it.