deviantART is entirely banned from the public library system of Savannah, which is somewhat understandable (nudity of many sorts) but inconvenient. I will probably have access through friends, at times, but I haven't logged on since my move ( Read more... )

God is hidden everywhere; He is manifest everywhere. No one can know Him as He is, but no one is permitted not to know Him. -- Saint Augustine.

This goes with my last quote.

Whatever might have been their sort I made myself of like sort, whatever their language so was my language.
--Digha Nikaya 2, 109, Sutta 16 (Gotama Buddha)

It's noon on my first Monday in Savannah. I'm sitting in the public library facing a huge window looking over subtropical trees (Thomas Square) and church towers into a bright blue and white sky. I may be situationally biased, but this seems one of the best views of my life ( Read more... )

Since I'm busy and exhausted, and not sure when I'll have Net access next, let me offer an impersonal, generic but highly accurate assurance that I've arrived safe and sound in Savannah! If you care enough to worry unnecessarily, you'll probably see this. :P

All beyond my present moment is logically uncertain, even my most vivid memories; and my identity itself is mutable and often, if not always, arbitrary. And yet, as I filter all material remains of life I've known in 37 1/2 years, everything seems so surely to fit together. Everything I imagine myself to have been is part of me, here and now. ( Read more... )

As I've been sorting for moving, I've looked at all kinds of whacky stuff, like this ( Read more... )

getting ready to move ( Read more... )

"City of Savannah Taxi Ordinance

Section 6-1475 Taxicab movement prohibited under certain circumstances.No driver shall collect fares, make change, or take on or discharge passengers while his taxicab is in motion ( Read more... )

There are few things I'd like better than to be perfectly open with lots of people. Maybe everyone. As I grow in understanding of my self and others, I've been able to relax and be more myself with a wide variety of people. I can usually tell which oddities of my nature are relatively harmless and free for the taking. Many other oddities, ( Read more... )