Like a King Midas of fairytale lore, D. acidovorans indulges in the luxury of sleeping on golden beds and swimming in a golden sea. In ancient times, gold symbolized the sun.
Water Is Life – Water Blessing to celebrate Victory at Standing Rock
Water Spirit with no beginning, no end;
Above Her, below Her, within Her you flow
Of tri-clustered orbs is your essence composed,
To shapeshift as liquid, to solid to gas,
precipitate, evaporate, sublime in a flash.
Water Spirit with no beginning, no end;
I wave my hands passed your beautiful blue,
To honor your blessings, refreshing and cool,
And to join in the song of all beings on Earth,
Please keep dancing your cycle for our constant rebirth.
Shamanic Animal Guides in Volcanic Glass
It is the yearning within the human soul, for something greater, some divine explanation for the upheavals in our external worlds, that motivates us too.
When those of us, especially the most hypersensitive and spiritually awake, find ourselves drowning in the sea of human misery, when the emotional mass of our world becomes so overwhelming, we find ways to leap out of it. A few of us, find a way to make that quantum leap,
3. USA VOTING DAY – Microbes in Winogradsky Column
The success of a perfectly honed interdependent community, by these microbial teachers, is a spiritually significant lesson as the United States of America proceeds to vote for their next President.
It is the lesson of the microbes in this microcosm that we expect from our global leaders.
One community can contribute to another’s success, and all thrive beautifully.
8. Phanerochaete chrysosporium – White Rot Fungi
P. chrysosporium Sounds pretty much like a good candidate for mascot of Samhain, the pagan holiday when death, and decay are par for the course, and vampiric entities wander the earth in search of mortals who are vulnerable to their bite.
2. Photobacterium leiognathi
P. leiognathi
Blue lights enchanting, Piscean mating baubles,
Glowing fish belly.
2. Oceanospirillum
Super oil bug,
Cuts through whorls of
Sea spray.
A hero’s rescue.