Duncan was cleaning his office and ran across two magazines which he had saved for their prints of Hubble space photographs. (One of them is reprinted with his essay in Orion.) He is swept away by these images into writing eight improvisations on the cosmos. One in particular, "The Music of the Spheres" is incredible mystery, and the others only slightly less so. Yet Duncan is imbued with a down-to-earth common sense, relishing the world outside his doorstep. What a dance the two create! At least, they did when I read it.

On another front, I plan to retain Jeanette Wallis' website url at the end of this page until she completes her walk across the United States. She's in Kansas now and, if you feel so inclined, can always use help.      The Walk for Democracy:

And if you haven't read the recent Washington Post op-ed by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, it has been posted on the Common Dreams website at The Troubling New Face of America.

Blessings on you all,
Cherie