Just a day...and some thoughts to go along with it....

This morning I awoke from dream in which I had three pigeons (that were actually sugar gliders, but only looked like pigeons) as pets. They were crawling on my chest and shoulders, offering their noses for tiny kisses.

Again, from Mr. Rob Brezsny's Freewill Astrology "LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Are you fully prepared for your showdown with The Machine? Are you as confident as you need to be in order to fight for the rights of soulful beauty? Of course not. None of us is ever perfectly prepared as we go up against the Big Lies of the mechanical thinkers. But I do have great faith in your ability to prevail -- especially if you strengthen yourself with this meditation from the book *Less Than One,* by Joseph Brodsky: "The surest defense against evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality -- even if you will, eccentricity . . . Evil is a sucker for solidarity. It always goes for big numbers, for confident granite, for ideological purity, for drilled armies and balance sheets."

Which is only exceptionally funny in my bizarre brain patters because this morning as I was heading out to work, there were several Canadian Geese perched atop the levee. Geese have been prevalent all spring, if I'm lucky, I'll get to catch a glimpse of them as they fly over, but more often than not I'll only hear them honking. Geese, in terms of animal totems, are most typically significant to writers, story-tellers, or just re-connecting with stories that inspired us as children to incorporate those stories into our present-day lives. They are also about relationships, community and communication.

So, I'm thinking on Goose today and what she has to offer at this moment in my life. Communication and community...where do I fit in, how do I say the things I need to say and to whom? Where should I step out, where should I be more active...and who's got the Cranberry Sauce?