Dear Markess, Are you in Minnesota? I just returned from a Sierra Club conference at Kentucky State University Farm. Mark Ritchie (president of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy www.iatp.org) was the key note speaker the night of the plane crash. Of course he was a close personnel friend of the entire Wellstone family, and it made for an extremely touching lecture by Mark on the concepts of Sustainability and Survival as they relate to agriculture, environment and the future of this planet. I am sorry about this tragedy.
Wendel Berry also spoke about the need for continuous dialog and redefinition, to keep the concepts such as organic and sustainability alive. In a personal converation, he told me, in response to concerns I have regarding our own KY Dept. of Ag Organic Certification Program falling apart as a result of the USDA impostion, that 'its got to be about Trust'. And in his talk (Wendel Berry) , gave a new definition for sustainable. 1)Nothing is wasted 2)Perenniality (of both landscape and the people on the land) 3)Diversity Christy ----- Original Message ----- From: Moen Creek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BDNow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 11:53 AM Subject: Shadow > Saturday 10/26/02 Via http://kristo.com > > The Gemini MOON Conjuncts unaspected SATURN at 4:01 AM CDT -5GMT, and goes > Void of Course for > 2 hours and 9 minutes. Everything is tremendously quiet. This latest > experience of the collective Shadow > is something to take stock of. I don't know about anyone else, but my own > dreams have been insisting > on the presence and acceptance of a very personal Shadow during these latest > collective tragedies. > Shadow never disappears...we can only do our best to accept the darkest > aspects of our personal > Psyche as essential to the process of attaining full awareness of Being. > > ------- > > My level of paranoia is nearly palpable with the loss of Well*stone. > The shock is measurable though. > I guess in comparison to the DC area folks at least in this case there is a > feeling of culpability not just the unknown. > > There is a rhythm and a field however hard to divine. > > In Love & Light > Markess >
