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It’s come to my attention lately that the highly acclaimed “Moments Along the Path” and “Moments Along the Path II” have been back in the publics eye. My original intent was to produce one per season …

Three years (or so) later the series remains at a stand still. Usurped by life and other projects.

It’s my hope to get a new one up within a fortnight, mayhap even less …

Perhaps my comprehension of “the ken burns” effect will better be utilized … or not.

The first two installments have a lot of meaning for me, and some of you. Interestingly enough, most of the photographs were taken within a short span of time. The next installment may borrow from a larger span.

… or may be not.

I guess it’s still just making a video to The Sisters of Mercy covering “Comfortably Numb” then medly-ing into their own “Some Kind of Stranger”.

For those interested:

Click here for Moments I or Here for Moments II

Stay tuned …

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From 2000hrs tonight until 1200hrs on Wednesday I’ll be at the annual June Work Period at the Monastery.

Limited correspondence is possible.

But, for the most part all y’all will be “on your own”.

See you on the other side …

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The Host at Walden Pond:

another exclusive:

our Compassion Rose hath blossomed:

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One of the Great things about The Now Today Calendar is the observation of singular holidays throughout the year.

Spring:

Black Sabbath Monday

Summer:

The Pied Piper of Hamelin Reading

Autumn:

Extensions Saturday

Winter:

Now Today Fortnight

Of course, with the Now Today way … everyday is a blessing along the Path.

Other Holidays of note:

The OFFICIAL Summer Wrap Up Party (july 4th)

April First

Samhain

The Eve of May Eve

May Eve

May Day

November 25th

January 13th

etc

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Yes, I know, Summer hath not yet begun, but we did want to assure folks that the OFFICIAL Summer Wrap Up Party will take place on July 4th, 2012, here at The Garden at Fire Plaza. The Town will provide fire works post dusk. Doors at Noon. If interested in attending please let us know.

If you can’t attend that, please consider attending the OFFICIAL Pied Piper Event on the 22nd of July, coincedentally the Start of High Summer. Doors at Noon, reading at 1500hrs.

Let us Conclude with an unrelated photo:

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Happy Flag Day, and all that it implies …

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Earlier Today the Wife and I ventured to the new entrance to the Belle Isle Swampland Reserve, or something like that. There is a new entrance from the roadway that connect mainland Revere to Winthrop Island. This no-man zone is called The Bell Isle Something. Anyway, a beautiful path and environs. However, our journey was cut short by an inability to continue:

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Last week I had the extremely fortunate opportunity to spend the day with Brother Jerome. We met at Park Street and had breakfast at the South Street Diner. Then we took the ferry to Winthrop.

After a brave Ablution by the Sea we then had an amazing few rounds of The Circle Game.

Circle the First:

At This Point In Time (Remix) 7:35 Elvin Jones
Lock Howl 6:10 Storm Corrosion
Cult Of Coats 4:18 Head Of David
Ghosts (Single Edit) 4:31 Ladytron

Amen 4:57 Spacemen 3 Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To
Born to Die 4:46 Lana Del Rey Born to Die
Ya Markeb al hind 4:10 Mahmoud Fadl
You Won’t Change Me 6:40 Black Sabbath

Circle the Second:

Four Men On The Prayer Mat 2:58 Sudan, 1969
The Only Mistake 4:18 Joy Division
Blue Poland 4:04 Ed Hall
Red Flags and Long Nights 5:09 She Wants Revenge

Greetings To Idris 7:32 Pharoah Sanders
We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago 4:50 Hawkwind
Don’t Say No 3:21 Billy Squier
23 5:18 Blonde Redhead

Circle the Third:

The Storm Is Passing Over 4:32 Denise With The Campbell Brothers
Caribou 3:02 April March
Tang 4:49 Duke Ellington
Prospect 3:15 Toyah

Spring 5:48 Hwang, Byung-Ki Kayagum
I Feel the Dark 6:37 Opeth
I Would Die 4 U (LP Version) 2:57
Subdivisions 5:34 Rush

The Host went on to prepare a light repast to fortify the Good Times, and then we pressed on:

On Call Mingling:

Number 7 [Live] 9:39 Yusef Lateef
Sailing To Byzantium 5:04 Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy
The Prime Element (Remix) 8:19 Elvin Jones
She’s Gone 4:56 Black Sabbath Technical Ecstasy
Lonely Is The Night 4:42 Billy Squier
Celluloid Heroes 6:22 The Kinks
96 Tears 4:38 Suicide
Love Will Tear Us Apart 3:17 Nouvelle Vague
Alphabet St. 5:40 Prince
The Spy (2nd Show) 5:43 The Doors
Funky Women 5:44 Maceo & All The King’s Men
Little Black Angel 4:18 Death In June
Ill Wind 3:34 Ben Webster
Starless 12:26 King Crimson Red

It was a glorious day, however nice days at the beach bring out the pretty girls and the creeps:

This poor sap was like a moth to the flame. We witnessed him pass by several times, but he couldn’t resist … and had to “make contact” with the pretty girls who live below. Clearly, it didn’t end well for him:

A warning to us all … don’t cross the line …

The afternoon pressed on. I made Turkish coffee and we discovered the “New Sky Station” of the Circle option. Oddly enough, when seated on the Floor the view is of the sky and clouds. Beautiful. We went into the innovative “A La Carte” mode to wrap it up:

A La Carte:

Fegir Nedan (Call To Worship) 5:30 Hamza El Din (The New Sky Station)
The Sinking Belle (Blue Sheep) 7:38 Boris & Sunn O)))(Sky Station)
Think About The One 4:18 Pharoah Sanders (Sky Station)
The Trembling Dervish 3:28 GurDJieff – De Hartmann (Free Expression/Danse)
Momil Rano (A Folk Romance) 5:54 Igbal Jogi & Party (Free Expression/Danse)
Silence 3:06 PJ Harvey (Seated)

Perhaps later a short film will feature some of the moments of the day …