On How Planets Might Influence Each Other…… From ‘Emergence’ Magazine…. Extracts from Orkney.com ….
by Bernie Bell - 09:33 on 02 February 2024
On How Planets Might Influence Each Other…
That’s Steve Drury being scientific.
This is Fred Turner thinking….
“Interesting. I’ve been thinking recently about Enrico Fermi’s question about alien civilizations: Where are they? Maybe we’re the first. In which case getting intelligent life might be incredibly difficult and slow and require repeated challenges to any settled ecosystem. So our chronicle of geological and climatological disasters may have been the only pathway until now toward sentience and thought.”
https://frederickturnerpoet.com/
And this is me…rambling on…
https://theorkneynews.scot/2019/01/28/a-different-perspective-on-the-narnia-books-of-c-s-lewis/
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From ‘Emergence’ Magazine….
“We shall not sever ourselves from the earth. We must chant our being, and we must dance in time with the rhythms of the earth.”
“Last Wednesday, Kiowa poet, author, scholar, and artist N. Scott Momaday passed away at the age of eighty-nine. Recognized for bringing contemporary Native American experiences into the mainstream through his writing, and as a steward of oral and sacred traditions, he published nineteen works of poetry, fiction, memoir, and more—each an evocation of language, identity, heritage, and landscape. “I’ve written several books, but to me they are all part of the same story,” he wrote. “And I like to repeat myself, if you will, from book to book, in the way that Faulkner did—in an even more obvious way, perhaps. My purpose is to carry on what was begun a long time ago; there’s no end to it that I see.”
He won a Pulitzer Prize for his 1969 book, House Made of Dawn, marking a key moment for the celebration of Native American literature in the US. In it, he wrote, “We haven’t done a very good job in protecting our planet. We have failed to recognize the spiritual life of the earth.” Emergence continues to be influenced by his deep reverence for the Earth and sense of responsibility in drawing others toward recognition of the Earth as a spiritual being. Touching the essential relationship that exists between people and land, his writing summons us to remember we are all keepers of the Earth. “
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Extracts from Orkney.com ….
“Indoor activities in Orkney
Orkney is a place where you can experience all kinds of weathers in a single day. So, if you’re planning a visit to the islands, it’s always handy to have some indoor options to hand, just in-case things get a little too ‘invigorating’ in the great outdoors. Don’t worry though, there is still so much to see and do here with a roof over your head, whether it’s in a coffee shop, distillery, or a Neolithic cairn. Come and discover some of our favourite indoor activities in Orkney.
For February, wildlife photographer Raymond Besant has been braving snowy weather in the Hoy hills to try and spot a very special species.”
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