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wpc: bridge

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A railroad bridge over the Colorado River, the sixth largest river in the United States. It flows through 7 states, 11 national parks and mountains, as well as, two nations. After decades of  over-allocation, overuse, and manipulation it is now a part of  American Rivers’ Most Endangered Rivers.

I hope you take a few moments to view this video…the awe, beauty, and power of “the American Nile” as it wanders from the Rocky Mountains to the Sea of Cortez.

wpc: delta

The past, present, and future…in a moment of time.  In your mind’s eye, do you see the generations of past dandelions—sleeping soundly within each protective seed shell?  Each kernel attached to a fragile parachute, waiting for a gentle summer breeze, trusting in an unknown tomorrow’s life-giving rain, sun, and soil for its awakening.

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Delta sharing a picture that symbolizes transitions, change, and the passing of time.

 

wpc: transient

this rain

a greeting card from heaven

midsummer heat.

~Issa (www.haikuguy.com)

What are the various conditions—past and present, known and unknown—that come together to create raindrops? Scientists have suggested that the interactions between water vapor, dust particles, and wind turbulence within clouds create millimeter-sized droplets which are heavy enough to begin their descent towards earth. And in the process of falling, the droplets accumulate more and more moisture, becoming the raindrops we see on the ground.

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This scientific explanation of how raindrops form invites contemplation of the prior conditions that create vapor, dust, and wind. Each of these transient phenomenon is a telling of the ongoing weaving and unweaving of interconnected threads creating the various phenomena we experience within each given moment.

This weaving and unweaving of threads is noted by Thich Nhat Hanh, “This is, because that is. This is not, because that is not. This is born, because that is born. This dies, because that dies.”