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OPENING CREDITS I'd like to thank the following individuals and groups for their parts in this production: Barbara Hafner - friend who told me about the cool and informative events at Garden City's Cathedral of the Incarnation I like that the Cathedral is resurrecting the early church’s inclusion of the arts within its sacred walls and using theater to deliver its messages and draw the surrounding community together. the musicians, artists, article writers and others whose stories are being shared here my Dad and Mom for sharing their word gifts of Puns & Poetry Artist Knut Masco for that "Grate" meme of Bobby that serves as my thumbnail Refer to the post's "Closing Credits" for contact information for these creative folks. DISMISSING THE YOUNG ONES TO CHILDREN'S CHURCH Click this link to join them...in the basement... FYI - I spent nearly 30 years playing in the basement with our next generations... EPISODE 1/CHAPTER 1: STAR WARS & THE GRATEFUL DEAD Some W E I R ... In this next podcast, Grateful Dead  roadie Steve Parish  relates these interesting connections between these two tribes... The Dead owed a piece of land close to Lucas's Skywalker Ranch and even recorded at his ranch. Jerry and George frequently "bumped" into each other. Seems they were both admirers of Joseph Campbell's  perspectives on myths and the hero's journey. The two even went together to see the opening of the first installment of  Star Wars . Star Wars and The Grateful Dead - Rebel Force Radio (07:35) EPISODE 1/CHAPTER 2: MYTH MAKERS: JOSEPH CAMPBELL'S INFLUENCE ON GEORGE LUCAS [from the opening of the next article with my added emphases] Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) was a world-renowned mythologist who helped modern society understand the true power that storytelling has in our culture and within our personal lives. He studied and identified the universal themes and archetypes that are present in mythical storytelling across history and across the world. His seminal work, The Hero With a Thousand Faces , outlined what Campbell called the Hero’s Journey , a motif of adventure and personal transformation that is used in nearly every culture’s mythical framework. George Lucas was an avid admirer of Campbell’s writings, and used them as a direct reference in his creation of Star Wars . The two didn't meet face to face until after Lucas had already finished his original trilogy of films… Mythic Discovery Within the Inner Reaches of Outer Space: Joseph Campbell Meets George Lucas - Part I starwars.com I was first introduced to Joseph Campbell through a Richard Rohr Daily Meditation. In this 2024 offering, Richard explains that the hero must journey through 3 stages: The departure: We usually don’t leave home willingly. More often than not, we’re taken there by some circumstance, shipwreck, accident, death, or suffering of some sort. That’s called the departure . The hero has to lose or walk away from their sense of order and enter some kind of disorder.  The encounter: After the hero leaves their castle or their stable home, they have to experience something bigger, something better, something that is more real and more demanding of their real energies. Of course, that takes different forms. In the Gospels, after his baptism, Jesus goes into the desert for forty days. The return: Surprisingly, the third stage of the hero’s journey is the return . The hero’s journey is not to just keep going to new places, making the trip a vacation or travelogue. We have to return to where we started and know it in a new way and do life in a new way. We are not somehow “beyond” the order and disorder of our lives; we’ve learned how to integrate both of them. This stage of return is so rarely taught. What is good about the order, what is good about the disorder, and how do we put them together? That is the “reorder” or the return. The Hero’s Journey - Center for Action and Contemplation In this interview, George Lucas states that he intentionally employed the power of myth to focus the viewer's attention on the social issues of his day. [from the transcript] Bill Moyers:  joseph campbell said that all the great myths the primitive myths the great stories have to be regenerated if they're going to have any impact and that you had done that with star wars are you conscious of doing that are you saying i am trying to recreate the myths of old or are you saying i just want to make a good action movie Lucas: well when i did star wars i consciously set about to recreate myths and the and the classic mythological uh motifs and i wanted to use those motifs to deal with issues that existed today in the 1977 film star wars... The Religion of the Force - The Comparison of Star Wars and Christianity (1:18:46) In this next article, we hear directly from Joseph Campbell... Ep. 1: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth — ‘The Hero’s Adventure’ 1988 EPISODE 1/CHAPTER 3: SEEKERS AFTER WISDOM HAVE BEEN GUIDED BY STARS: DARK & LIGHT...FOR EONS... The Cathedral of the Incarnation's "Moon as Sacred Mirror" contained several events that helped us explore SPACE...Both OUTER and INNER ...This next article offers insights on this heavenly phenomenon. I liked the author's closing "observations" [my added emphasis] "Nothing in science is ever case closed, nor is it in history," Mathews said. "We may never know if the Star of Bethlehem was a conjunction, astrological event or a fable to advance Christianity. Maybe it was simply a miracle." What was the Star of Bethlehem? Space.com Please take a few minutes to take in the scope of this perennial visitor in the night skies... by perusing this backdrop on music history. The song follows... First, my Dead subject matter expert: David Dodd: Greatest Stories Ever Told - "Dark Star" Next, more music history on the 1978 New Year's Eve closing of San Francisco's Winterland concert hall. It was 1978, the night they closed old Winterland down -- and the Grateful Dead's all-night show lives on in memories, flashbacks -- and now a DVD - SFGate As this 14-minute epic voyage begins, we can hear a fan shouting, "DARK STAR!" followed by enthusiastic cheers as the band plays those familiar chords... This song is an example of what was known as "Space & Drums" ...loooooong improvisional musical passages...Half of the 14 minutes is musical...mystical preparation for the simple yet cosmic lyrics... At 08:30 Donna and Jerry sing those simple and mysterious lyrics: "transitive nightfall of diamonds"... And here at around 11:00 we see Jerry and Phil who are now playing the "GRATE gig in the sky" along with Pigpen ... Grateful Dead - Dark Star 12-31-78 (14:21) EPISODE 1/CHAPTER 4: ONCE IN A WHILE WE GET SHOWN THE LIGHT IN THE STRANGEST OF PLACES...IF WE LOOK AT IT RIGHT... [the next article (with my added emphases and image) begins with the amazing popularity of the Grateful Dead's 2015 "Fare Thee Well" shows and continues below. Click link for full story.] This massive popularity puzzled casual observers. To some, the Dead were faded troubadours of freewheeling drug use, even if only two of their nearly two hundred songs mention drugs . Others saw lingering paragons of a long-gone counterculture. But the Dead were firmly apolitical, distancing them from contemporaries who sang of a new, external  American dream (pacifism, collectivism, free love). Dead songs are markedly different. They explore an ancient but internal   dream. Garcia said, “For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part,” which helps explain the band’s peculiarly enduring legacy. The Dead formed a lasting, spiritual connection with its fans by adapting for contemporary audiences the biblical story of exile and promise of a return home. Plucking these themes from traditional American music, they spoke to deeply held aspirations and worries. Even the shape and direction of their storied live performances traced this story musically from wilderness to paradise. The ancient story saturates their lyrics. While their songs tell of misfits and outsiders, loners and drifters, the music is often lilting and transcendent. In Wharf Rat , a derelict sings with surprising brightness, “I know that the life I’m leading is no good/I’ll get a new start/I’ll get up and fly away, fly away.” Doubt and yearning for a promised land are constant themes: “So many roads…All I want is one to take me home” ( So Many Roads ). Once in a While You Get Shown the Light: The Grateful Dead and the Bible - Patheos EPISODE 1/CHAPTER 4: WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER...ONLY LOVE CAN CONQUER HATE... Sculpture at NYC's United Nations "And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up their sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." — Isaiah 2:4 , Swords to Plowshares - tv tropes As I watched the next video's Star Wars movie scenes depicting violence on "both sides", I HOPED we would find an alternative... Rebellions Are Built on Hope (Star Wars song) (02:55) ...and I was reminded of two musical alternatives... Ain't Gonna Study War No More (03:17) "HEAR'S" another... Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Official Video 2019) (03:59) AFTER THE SHOW IS OVER Inspiration for next tune... As regular readers know, I've been participating in a month-long series of moon-centered adventures at the Garden City Cathedral of the Incarnation. Among the staff are a guy with dreadlocks and another who follows Jerry. I subscribe to this uploader "LongStrangeTrip710" because of creative offering like this...recalls those early Flash Gordon serials. ..So , let's board their spacecraft and see where we end U P ... Grateful Dead - Dark Star (Single Version) (02:39) Post Game Show... Here are two photos from today's adventures in SPACE... Upstairs...under the inflated moon...She leaves tomorrow for parts unknown... and in the new Gallery area in the basement... These words are written above two arches inside that doorway: "The words of the prophets are written on subways walls and tenement halls...and..." GRATEFUL CHILDREN'S CHURCH "Ripple" - today's opening "hymn" contains images of unseen forces at work in our lives...Let's ask the children to share their thoughts... If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music? Would you hold it near as it were your own? Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full may it be again Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of men "If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine..." Grateful Dead-Ripple (04:12) "Ripple" - Grateful Dead #DeadCoversProject (02:20) The words of this next "hymn" provide several paths for helping children reflect on life's deeper meanings... I have spent my life Seeking all that's still unsung Bent my ear to hear the tune And closed my eyes to see (1) When there were no strings to play You played to me (2) (1) a description of contemplative practice...Part of the work of the Cathedral of the Incarnation's Center for Spiritual Imagination (see link in "Closing Credits"). (2) a description of loving service to a fellow human being 'Attics Of My Life' by the Barton Hills Choir (04:25) See How They Love One Another For years, the members of the band have been helping make our shared world a little kinder...a little brighter... Legendary Grateful Dead Drummer Offers Music as Medicine to Children Grateful Dead - They Love Each Other (San Francisco 12/27/83) (Official Live Video) (07:43) My Mother the Poet Early in her "career"...she had a poem about me - her son who rode waves - published in Surfer Magazine . Later in her life and after raising 7 children, with the help of my sister Peggy , she published a book of poems entitled "The God of the Universe Dances in Trees"... Here's the Amazon link. One of these is called "Where Do Clowns Go?" Wavy Gravy: Clowning for Peace and other worthwhile causes... Wavy Gravy: Official clown for the Grateful Dead...and a whole lot more of doing good...Wikipedia CLOSING CREDITS (DEAD See Scrolls...) Knut Masco: Artist, Activist, Deadhead...created this post's thumbnail of Bobby Instagram Facebook NYC Arrests Artists Part 1 (05:18) Subscribe to his YouTube channel for Dancing with the Dead and other fun stuff Adams Family Grateful Dead Dancing: Ep # 1 (01:30) Cathedral of the Incarnation Website Center for Spiritual Imagination Two blog posts about their "Moon as Sacred Mirror" offerings: Just the facts: inSPIREd April Lunar See at Historic Garden City Cathedral: MOON as Sacred Mirror My perspectives on selected events A Lunar Schtick is in the halls of this historic Garden City Cathedral The Center for Action and Contemplation Website Faculty My Dad and Mom for their word gifts: Puns & Poems #music #humor #children #war #peace #heroes #villains #BobWeir #GratefulDead #StarWars #heroes #villains #GeorgeLucas #JosephCampbell #JerryGarcia #RichardRohr #CenterForActionAndContemplation #CathedralOfTheIncarnation #GardenCity #MoonAsSacredMirror #CenterForSpiritualImagination #Winterland #MarvinGaye #BartonHillsChoir #BillMoyers #clowns #Mom #Dad #WavyGravy

MAIN ACT: GRATEFUL DEAD IN EGYPT 1978 The next article contains videos to a few of the songs they did in this place of spiritual energy. included is a short ABC News video about this historic event in which they tell us that it was a fundraiser for handicapped children and the Antiquities Museum in Cairo. [more from the article] The Dead were joined on this trip by the counterculture author Ken Kesey (not to mention Bill Graham and Bill Walton ) who apparently captured footage on Super‑8 reels. (Watch it above.) Kesey himself later tried to explain the symbolism of the visit, saying: “The people who were there recognized this as a respectful and holy event that went back to something we can all just barely glimpse, them and us both. Our relationship to ancient humans. To this place on the planet. To the planet’s place in the universe. All that cosmic stuff is what the Dead are based on. The Egyptians could understand that.” When the Grateful Dead Played at the Egyptian Pyramids, in the Shadow of the Sphinx (1978) - Open Culture Comic Intermission  King Tut - SNL (03:34) See the 3 AM reflections at the end of this post on what to do BEFORE offering our gifts at the altar... SECOND ACT The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian (Official Video) (03:22) ENCORE: "There's a Grateful Dead song for every occasion" I've used this observation in other posts...It originated with a comment made by my friend Steve Bermont - a fellow surfer, Steve was my automotive guru and taught me how, as he termed it, "to play with cars" ...beginning with the Volkswagens we both drove: His Beetle and my Microbus . "Trouble with you is The trouble with me Got two good eyes But we still don't see" --Grateful Dead: "Casey Jones" Eye of Providence - Wikipedia [from the article] The Eye of Providence  or All-Seeing Eye  is a symbol depicting an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by rays of light or a halo, intended to represent Providence, as the eye watches over the workers of mankind. A well-known example of the Eye of Providence appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States , which is depicted on the United States one-dollar bill. I grew up learning about life from cartoons....and I'm still learning...like from this CARTUNE... READER: Folks that associate the Grateful Dead with drugs miss their deeper messages about life...both it light and dark sides...Reflections on this follow this song... "Casey Jones" - Grateful Dead | StonerTV (04:30) THE SPIRITUAL SIDE OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD " Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world" Folks that associate the Grateful Dead with the drug culture miss their deeper messages about life...both it light and dark sides... My main authority David Dodd on things DEAD... [from the next article] Thinking about the juxtaposition of the two songs, we have “Estimated Prophet,” with its maniacal raving deluded character, very much inwardly-focused, and then, bam: “Wake up!” as the chorus begins in “Eyes of the World.” Of course, the prophet in Estimated does accuse his listeners with the line... “you all been asleep, you would not believe me...” ...but “Eyes” seems to say that the sleeper may have been the prophet. Sometimes criticized, lyrically, as being a bit too hippy-dippy for its own good, “Eyes of the World” might be heard as conveying a message of hope, viewing human consciousness as having value for the planet as a whole. There are echoes in the song of a wide range of literary and musical influences, from Blaise Pascal to (perhaps) Ken Kesey ; from talk of a redeemer to the title of the song itself. Greatest Stories Ever Told - "Eyes Of The World" The tune... There was a special relationship between the band and their followers. Here drummer Bill Kreutzmann receives a personalized license from a GRATE-FULL fan: Here's my version...from a 2022 Half Step gig at the Malverne, NY LIRR station with friend and fellow DEADHEAD Brian Barry : Grateful Dead - Eyes Of The World (Winterland 10/19/74) (Official Live Video) (07:12) Eyes Of The World Lyrics By: Robert Hunter Music By: Jerry Garcia Right outside this lazy summer home (note 1) You ain't got time to call your soul a critic, no Right outside the lazy gate Of winter's summer home Wondering where the nuthatch winters Wings a mile long Just carried the bird away Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world But the heart has its beaches, its homeland and thoughts of its own Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings But the heart has its seasons, its evenings and songs of its own There comes a redeemer a nd he slowly, too, fades away And there follows his wagon behind him that's loaded with clay And the seeds that were silent all burst into bloom and decay And night comes so quiet, its close on the heels of the day Sometimes we live no particular way but our own And sometimes we visit your country and live in your home Sometimes we ride on your horses, sometimes we walk alone Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own (1) in at least one early performance of the song (28 Feb 1973, on Dick's Picks Vol 28), Jerry sings "Right outside this lazy country home" AFTER THE SHOW: 3 AM CONSIDERATIONS ON FORGIVENESS AND THE PART IT PLAYS IN THE AWAKENING OF OUR CONSCIOUSNESS... First, the lighter side... Got up to go to the bathroom... " Angels PROSTATE fall ..." Seeing King Steve preparing to offer his blender to the gods...I recalled these wise words about the paramount importance of FORGIVENESS : Now, some grist for the mill...from two fellow travelers who continue to help me walk the path of awakening... 2/3's of the Gospels is about FORGIVENESS and INCLUSIVITY... Richard Rohr: Jesus' Teaching about Forgiveness (02:23) [from the next article] Question: I’d like to know about forgiveness as a bridge between the separate self and the awakened soul.   Ram Dass : That’s a nice way of phrasing the question. It’s a step on a ladder that goes from dualism into non-dualism. Because as you forgive or allow or acknowledge or say “Of course you’re human” or “We all do that” or something, you open your heart again which embraces the person or the situation back into you, which allows the play. See, every time you close off something with judgment, it’s as if you take a bit of energy and you lock it away and make it unavailable to you. Until pretty soon you are exhausted. You don’t have any energy, because you are so busy. Click the next link to continue these reflections... Forgiveness and the Awakened Soul - Ram Dass #music #humor #Wednesday #HumpDay #GratefulDead #DavidDodd #camel #Egypt #JerryGarcia #SteveMartin #KingTut #TheBangles #SteveBermont #surfing #VWBeetle #VMMicrobus #forgiveness #inclusivity #RichardRohr #RamDass

BACKSTORY Keith, Hi! I was with John and Jill Payne earlier at the Double L bar in Hicksville seeing a mutual old friend Kelly Schmidt and her all-girl band mates known as Pandora’s Vox .  While there he noticed some people had posted on Facebook that today is your birthday …. HAPPY ARRIVAL DATE!!! Several hours later after dancing the afternoon away, I was sitting in my basement wondering what kind of greeting to send your way to celebrate who you are and how that’s enriched many lives including mine. Again, channeling Bob: "Tommy's in the basement mixing up the medicine..." Rx: So, here’s my medicinal song/gift: MAIN ACT The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes (from One For The Road) (07:25) Their tune made references to good guys and bad guys - characters you share with us in your great film presentations…This next song follows that thread: ON THE SAME BILL... Why..this could be the Beach Boys version of Felina and Rosa's Cantina... The Beach Boys SMiLE Sessions - Heroes and Villains Music Video (04:54) MORE MUSICAL CONNECTIONS... Staying in the dramatic territory of "Good guys" and "Bad guys", my affinity for another band combined these threads and reminded me of the classic Marty Robbins Western tale "El Paso"... Here's current owner Oscar Lopez on the right with chef Martha in the middle... ...Fred Powers - A Rosa's regular... Oldest Bar in El Paso - The One and Only Rosa's Cantina, El Paso Texas (06:49) The narrator's mention that after visiting Rosa's Cantina , he penned the song just a mere 102 miles away...This timing reminded me of my recent meeting with Janis Joplin in the nearby parking lot at Whole Foods and a post that followed within a few short hours. Marty Robbins - El Paso (Live) (04:43) "THERE'S A GRATEFUL DEAD SONG FOR EVERY OCCASION" Returning readers know this is an occasional feature in my posts. It originated from the life experiences of friend, Deadhead, fellow surfer and Volkswagen repair mentor: Steve Bermont. KEITH: I subscribe to this uploader - Jack Cerro - because, like you, he’s also a creative filmmaker  Grateful Dead El Paso Freedom Hall Louiville, Ky. 06-18-1974 This is Bobby’s song... Grateful Dead - El Paso - 6-26-94 I decided to hang around a little longer in the Southwest...  Another Western tale featuring Bobby riding rhythm saddle... Grateful Dead - Me & My Uncle / Mexicali Blues - 12/31/1981 - Oakland Auditorium (Official) ROGUES GALLERY You might be wondering about the photo of Keith I grabbed from his Facebook page for the post's thumbnail. It's a play on words of Dylan's original lyrics: "I was so much YOUNGER then...I'm OLDER than that now..." Keith's Facebook page Keith's Website One of several posts on my friend Keith: Keith Crocker can help: “If you get confused, listen to the music play” Celluloid Heroes Everybody's a dreamer And everybody's a star And everybody's in movies It doesn't matter who you are There are stars in every city In every house and on every street And if you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Their names are written in concrete Don't step on Greta Garbo As you walk down the boulevard She looks so weak and fragile That's why she tried to be so hard But they turned her into a princess And they sat her on a throne But she turned her back on stardom Because she wanted to be alone You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of People who worked, and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain (yeah) Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive And he looks up ladies dresses As they sadly pass him by Avoid stepping on Bela Lugosi 'Cause he's liable to turn and bite But stand close by Bette Davis Because hers was such a lonely life If you covered him with garbage George Sanders would still have style And if you stamped on Mickey Rooney He would still turn 'round and smile But please, don't tread on dearest Marilyn 'Cause she's not very tough She should have been made of iron or steel But she was only made of flesh and blood You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood Boulevard Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of Oh, people who worked and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain Everybody's a dreamer And everybody's a star And everybody's in show-biz It doesn't matter who you are And those who are successful Be always on your guard Success walks hand in hand with failure Along Hollywood Boulevard I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die You can see all the stars as you walk along Hollywood Boulevard Some that you recognise, some that you've hardly even heard of People who worked, and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la Oh, celluloid heroes never feel any pain Oh, celluloid heroes never really die I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die Songwriters: Raymond Douglas Davies. For non-commercial use only. #music #humor #KeithCrocker #JohnPayne #JillPayne #KellySchmidt #DoubleL #PandorasVox #Hicksville #TheKinks #TheBeachBoys #ElPaso #MartyRobbins #RosasCantina #OscarLopez #FredPowers #Martha #WholeFoods #GratefulDead #BobWeir #SteveBermont #NRPS #NewRidersPurpleSage #RoguesGallery #JackCerro

SETTING THE STAGE Today, in the parking lot at Garden City's Whole Foods, this combination of logos ("Logos") fired my imagination... ...and I actually started singing her song to passers by... Keith Crocker, you should be proud of one of your students of music... YUP! as shown by these other logos on today's Beamer... I MUST MAKE AMENDS... OPENING ACT Advert featuring Janis Joplin - "Oh Lord won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz" (01:01) SOUND CHECK “Selling Janis Joplin” 1995 - The Pop History Dig NEXT...A BACKSTAGE PAPARAZZI PASS... ...that scales the terrain from the halls of power to the ordinary folks at the bottom of society... Meanwhile...A messiah walks among the downtrodden...preaching FREEDOM to the captives... Janis Joplin: Mercedes-Benz, clip (03:48) Here's another cool version with great photos... Janis Joplin-Mercedes Benz(original) (01:49) And here's that Porsche she's singing about... "THERE'S A GRATEFUL DEAD SONG FOR EVERY OCCASION" ...so says friend Steve Bermont, fellow surfer who taught me the fine art of "playing with cars"...that became my CAReer path. I started out on burgundy (V Dubs) and soon hit the harder stuff (Lincolns...) Janis & Pigpen...sharing the LOVELIGHT... Grateful Dead & Janis Joplin - Lovelight 1970-07-16 (19:41) GOT HER PICTURE IN THE POST OFFICE...AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING!!! U.S. Postal Service Honors Groundbreaking Singer Janis Joplin on Limited-Edition Forever Stamp --Stamp Available Today Online and at Post Offices Nationwide August 08, 2014   BTW - She shares the August 8th publication date with Saint Dominic Guzman, the patron saint of astronomers... Meanwhile, in other corners of our shared concert hall (globe)... THE "27" CLUB Both Ron "Pigpen" McKernan and Janis Joplin are members... The 27 Club: A Brief History - Rolling Stone ENCORE... I mentioned this musical influencer above and have learned from his vast knowledge base about things relating to music. His presentations at colleges, libraries and other venues are always fun and informative. Here's a post I penned a few months ago from my hospital room - my first-ever created solely...souly...on my iPhone... Keith Crocker can help: “If you get confused, listen to the music play” You can check out his offerings in music and horror and other topics on his Facebook site. #music #humor #WholeFoods #ParkingLot #Janis #JanisJoplin #MercedesBenz #BMW #messiah #GratefulDead #Pigpen #RonMcKernan #SteveBermont #PostOffice #stamp #Beamer #ProsperityGospel #27Club #RollingStone #KeithCrocker

Reflections after hearing today of the passing of a fellow human being... Horst Schiesz , a fellow member of the LI Baha'i community. He previously worked for Entenmann's Bakery is now making angel cakes...It's a FULL-TIME job and I heard the benefits are "out of this world..." BUT...there's still an occasional rush order... ...and some "Thou shalt nots"... Here's his most recent Facebook image: PROMOTED FROM ANGEL CAKES TO DONUTS... ...Maybe even figure eights... How to Perform the Perfect Donut (02:40) SHOWROOM...A Big man and his Big ride... Largest Cars of the 1970s: The 1975 Buick Electra Was More than a "225" / Deuce-N-A-Quarter (12:34) GALLERY Walking each other home............. Regular readers will know that in his seminal book "BE HERE NOW" , in 1968 when I was 21, Ram Dass introduced me for the first time to a LOVING version of "G-d" ... For this and other reasons, he's always had a special place in my heart ... Younger... Reels by Dierks Bentley Walking Each Other Home - Dierks Bentley (03:43) Older... "We Are All Just Walking Each Other Home," Blue Ridge Threshold Choir, Oct 5, '18 (02:35) Our animal Companions... FOR THOSE OF US STILL WALKING THE PATH... Ram Dass – Here and Now – Ep. 133 – Walking Each Other Home with Mirabai Bush (58:22) WALKING EACH OTHER HOME Kerouac gave me a book of poems And Silverstein gave me a song And Martin gave me a D18 so I could play along And they've all been fine companions To help me get to where I'm goin' I guess we're all just walkin' each other home Well I gave the first one my class ring And she taught me how to hope And the third one taught me how to keep on Bending till you're broke And broke is where you found me And you turned me right to gold I guess we're all just walkin' each other home So take the low road, take the high road Take whatever road you're on Sometimes the wrong one leads you right Sometimes the right one leads you wrong And the world just keeps on spinnin' So find a hand for holdin' on 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home Two men sittin' on a bench, new friends growin' old White and black and laughin' at some story being told Throwin' breadcrumbs to the sparrows Now that both their wives are gone I guess we're all just walkin' each other home So take the low road, take the high road Take whatever road you're on Sometimes the wrong one leads you right And sometimes the right one leads you wrong But the world just keeps on spinnin' So find a hand for holdin' on 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh) (Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-oh, oh, oh, oh) One day sons turn into dads And one day dads turn into dust Can't tell if I was leadin' him, or if he was leadin' us And even though I might get lonely I'll always know I'm not alone 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home So take the low road, take the high road Take whatever road you're on Sometimes the wrong one leads you right Sometimes the right one leads you wrong And the world just keeps on spinnin' So find a hand for holdin' on 'Cause we're all just walkin' each other home Walkin' each other home We're all just walkin' each other home Songwriters: Dierks Bentley, John Osborne, Luke Dick. For non-commercial use only. #music #humor #HorstSchiesz #Bahai #Entenmanns #bakery #RamDass #AngelCakes #donuts #Electra225 #DierksBentley #BlueRidgeThresholdChoir #MirabaiBush

Celebrated by Christians as "Resurrection Sunday" ...I'm "hear" to offer some unorthodox interpretations... I chose this as my thumbnail because it's like a mirror image of my 2024 Easter Sunday post at this same venue. Also, because I've been writing about and participating in events celebrating LIFE in all its forms and at all stages of EXISTENCE ( please see my blog ), this blackboard image (enlarged in the inset) caught my attention: "Respect Existence OR Expect resistance" 2025... Thanks to Brew barista JAY for once again serving as my Paparazzi... 2024... Who'll roll away the Stones? Why the Dead, of course! *** "As I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy..." As I left to practice this daily ritual/sacred text... FYI - The Witches Brew "boilermaker" I mentioned in the description for this post is made by dropping a shot of their espresso into a cup of their fine coffee...Extra inspiration... ...as I left my home, I was greeted by a frequent visitor in these parts of West Hempstead ...More "hare-brained" humor follows... FYI - In these environs, we also have leapin' lizards. ..see end of post... At the Brew , I was greeted by a barista I just met who was wearing this tee with a skull rabbit and asked him it's meaning. My search for "Hazel skull rabbit" led me here...and continued my weekend explorations into respect for all forms of life...at all stages... Source: Watership Down Wiki Hazel's Death (02:22) RESURRECTION RABBIT... Yesterday afternoon, the Westerners of our West Hempstead Volunteer Fire Department made their annual appearance as they made their rounds to the delight of children of all ages. In my alternative perspective, the hare was acting as a savior and using the West Hempstead Fire Department to baptize those who are on the Highway to Hell…or at least on the sidewalks... "LOVE ONE ANOTHER": JESUS AS AN INSURRECTIONIST The political and religious leaders of his time saw Jesus as a threat to their established order...their methods of controlling those "under" their authority...or as Jagger swaggers: "Under my Thumb" SO, instead of acting like those he was critiquing, he practiced his UNorthodox principle: "LOVE one another" This was echoed today on this tee shirt worn by another young Witches Brew barista: Marvin Gaye sings it like this: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (Official Video 2019) (03:59) A MERE 300 YEARS AFTER JESUS, THE CHURCH JOINS FORCES WITH THE EMPIRE...AND FORGETS...those at the bottom...on the edges of society... 313 AD: the Emperor Constantine declares Christianity as the official religion of the Holy Roman Empire and the Church replaces it's earlier "view from the bottom" with alignment with those in power...at the top. The View from the Bottom The last great formal persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ended in AD 303. Ten years later, Christianity was legalized by Constantine I. After this structural change, Christianity increasingly accepted, and even defended, the dominant social order, especially concerning war and money. Morality became individualized and largely sexual. The Church slowly lost its free and alternative vantage point. Texts written in the hundred years preceding 313 show it was unthinkable that a Christian would fight in the army, as the army was killing Christians. By the year 400, the entire army had become Christian, and they were now killing the pagans. Before AD 313, the Church was on the bottom of society, which is the privileged vantage point for understanding the liberating power of Gospel for both the individual and for society . Overnight the Church moved from the bottom to the top, literally from the catacombs to the basilicas. The Roman basilicas were large buildings for court and other public assembly, and they became Christian worship spaces. From Bottom to Top "IF I WERE A CARPENTER AND YOU WERE A LADY..." I just awoke with yet another addition...last evening, Eileen selected for our evening movie "A Simple Twist of Fate." Steve Martin starred as well as wrote and directed this story that reminded me of Joseph and Mary ...It involves Martin as an early 20th century Joseph who chooses to raise a child he didn't father. As the child grows, the wealthy natural father, a corrupt political hack, attempts to shower his offspring with gifts and promises of a better life that she could ever have with her poorer foster dad...Who, happens to be a woodworker like Joseph. A Simple Twist of Fate Movie Trailer 1994 (Steve Martin) (02:04) Robert Plant | 'If I Were A Carpenter' | Official Music Video (03:45) MORE ADVENTURES IN THE WILD Wade in the water...NAW! Walk on the water... Jesus Christ Lizard | National Geographic (01:25) "Leapin' lizards!"...West Hempstead wall lizards Wall lizard Are there lizards on Long Island NY? The Environmental Literacy Council I disagree with the article's claim that there aren't any other local lizard species...as this "lounge lizard" species is often sighted in and near local "watering holes"... GOOD vs. EVIL: A MUSICAL BATTLE OF THE BANDS I was thinking about creating a 2025 post of all the things for which I'm forever "GRATEFUL" ...BUT...when I reread my 2024 Easter post, I decided to add to this 2025 Easter basket post the above musings and highlight two of "battle-of-the-bands" songs I had included in that 2024 missive. I'll let you decide who "wins" this epic...age-old battle... The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil (Official Video) [4K] (08:48) Grateful Dead - Knockin' On Heaven's Door 7-7-89 (08:55) Evil Is a Social Reality: What Can We Do About It?  In case you're interested, here's a perspective from a person and organization that has helped me see deeper and wider for over 50 years... Evil Is a Social Reality: What Can We Do About It? - Center for Action and Contemplation #music #humor #WitchesBrewCoffeeHouse #WestHempstead #Easter #rabbit #lizard #WatershipDown #ACDC #LedZeppelin #heaven #hell #RollingStones #GratefulDead #BobDylan #evil #RichardRohr #CenterForActionAndContemplation #CAC #MarvinGaye #love #hate #Jesus #insurrectionist #evil #LoungeLizard #Constantine #HolyRomanEmpire #SteveMartin #carpenter #woodworker #Joseph #Mary

Consider this a draft...I'll come back after this morning's peaceful presence in front of Nassau University Medical Center. Today is Good Friday and I'll be "DEW-ing" 2 posts: Prolife GRATE Friday focuses on our goodness Grateness rather than our sinfulness  ADDS when I return: music to be born to Feminists for Life John Jill  Considering women have been treated as property  Taking the life of the preborn is the same  check past posters in basement and attic Wear Grateful I’m not Dead shirt Came to me while sitting in centering prayer  Don’t murder me… https://youtu.be/C5FdaUjfFEQ Most of the spokespersons for the current versions of the original Grateful Dead band are in a camp different that mine...Be that as it may...I'm observing the masses and "DEW-ing" the opposite... LIFE IS A TAPESTRY...A MYSTERY... ...so consider these as threads...discussion starters...for within ourselves and with interested others... James Thurber and other have told us that...  "DEW" (1) no Harm... "DEW" (1) no Pharm...medical terminations. Morning Dew - written by Bonnie Dobson and covered by the Grateful Dead and others [for link, see full article] The song is a dialogue between the last man and woman left alive following an apocalyptic catastrophe.[2] Dobson stated that the inspiration for "Morning Dew" was the film On the Beach , which is about the survivors of virtual global annihilation by nuclear holocaust. Dobson wrote the song while staying with a friend in Los Angeles; she recalled how the guests at her friend's apartment were speculating about a nuclear war's aftermath and "after everyone went to bed, I sat up and suddenly I just started writing this song [although] I had never written [a song] in my life".[3] Wikipedia Robert Plant | 'Morning Dew' (3:31) "Morning Dew" (Grateful Dead Harp Cover) - Mikaela Davis & Southern Star Live From Relix Studio (08:53) Does the embryonic child feel pain? From their Dire Wolf lyric One pill makes you larger...And one pill makes you small And the one the doctor gives you don't do anything but... Children's Peace Plan (Evelyn Voigt) - Grateful We're Not Dead (03:29) #music #life #GratefulDead #

Hello, Fellow Travelers... Sharing events that help us find balance between work and play...between holding on and letting go...between waking up and falling asleep... First, here's the source of a lot of my imaginings in the worlds of music, humor, spirit, culinary and the other arts: CHRONUS TIMETABLE OF OFFERINGS ONGOING Creating an oral history of music in West Hempstead. Share your stories! My web post: "Bits 'n Pieces" of West Hempstead's Musical History LAST MINUTE NOTICE: Tonight Sat. April 12 7 PM there's an opening ceremony - see end of post. April 11-May 4 IN-PERSON & ONLINE "Moon as Sacred Mirror" Location: Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City NY https://www.incarnationgc.org/visit/moon/ Registration needed for some events. Refer to above link for details My web posts: The 1st presents the details...the 2nd my reflections... -- inSPIREd April Lunar See at Historic Garden City Cathedral: MOON as Sacred Mirror -- A Lunar Schtick is in the halls of this historic Garden City Cathedral April 14 6:30-7 PM & all the following Monday's: ONLINE Weekly meditation and contemplative prayer Host: Cathedral of the Incarnation Garden City NY Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89456875414 Meeting ID: 894 5687 5414 April 28 10 AM-April 29 4:30 PM ONLINE "Wisdom of the Mothers" Reserve your spot before April 21st. Fees: General public: $85, Students & low/fixed income: $45 Academics & professionals: $77 My web post: Women's HERstory Month: SHE Speaks... A friend - Janet Rudolph - will be a featured presenter. She will be presenting her SheSpeaks! films along with time for QandA and discussion on April 28th from 3:00-4:30 Eastern time.  May 4 3-5 PM IN-PERSON Dances of Universal Peace Location: Baha’i Center of Long Island 11 West Jamaica Ave, Valley Stream, NY My web posts: Dances of Universal Peace WANTED: Musicians & Participants to enJOY Dances of Universal Peace The Dances of Universal Peace is a 50-year-old tradition of meditative dancing and chanting involving themes of peace and healing. The event allows people to participate in dance movements to gain an overall sense of peace. No previous dance experience is needed to join. “The intention is to bring heart,” said Mariam Casdin-Silver, the leader of Dances of Universal Peace. “It’s not a performance, it’s a practice.” May 7 7-8:30 PM ONLINE "Artists Tackling the Futility of War" Sponsors: This online event is sponsored by North Country Peace Group, South Country Peace Group, Pax Christi Long Island, Veterans for Peace Long Island, Peace Action New York State, Building Bridges in Brookhaven, and Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Register (free) here My web post: Artists Tackling the Futility of War: May 7th Renowned Peace Activist to Speak POSTS Steel Drums Along the Wissahickon: Ruffy & Kyle building bridges between people & planet "Just what the truth is I can't say anymore..." Problems with seeing clearly: OUR's & OTHER's... Takin' it to the Street Artists-4: Mallory Heyer...from Brooklyn to San Francisco via Califia Farms TONIGHT'S MOON GALLERY OPENING They ask that you first notify them of you desire to attend. Email: connect@IncarnationGC.org We are very excited to welcome you to the Cathedral of the Incarnation's inaugural gallery space opening: "Illuminations: Art in Sacred Space" as part of our Moon as Sacred Mirror program, featuring Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon. The gallery opening ceremony will take place promptly at 7pm.  Parking for this evening's event is along any of the ring roads that traverse the cathedral campus. Light refreshments will be served.  Please enter through the main doors of the building, which face Cathedral Avenue. A volunteer will check you in and you can then proceed to the Undercroft, where the gallery is located. For ease of entry, we recommend parking on the NORTH side of the cathedral campus, which is nearest the LIRR railroad tracks.  You are more than welcome to experience the Museum of the Moon, found on the main floor of the cathedral, after the formal gallery opening. It is an immersive, awe-inspiring experience and the perfect complement to our talented local artists' work.  Thanks in advance for visiting, and we hope you enjoy your evening.

"If you feed me, I will come!"  A staple in our home are plant milk offerings from Califia Farms . While drafting a post to promote their healthFULL and delicious products, I came upon this video on their site. It was visual music to my eyes...as I also love folks who make street art...on walls, fences, sidewalks...anywhere. I have a few posts on these. See below. The video features artist Mallory Heyer describing her work as we get to see the craftsman apply the paint to the wall.... Queen Califia Mural in San Francisco (02:04) MALLORY HEYER [from her site] Some Brands I've Worked with Nike, Nickelodeon, Washington Post, Target, MTV, Sony, Penguin Random House, Wall Street Journal, Adobe, Google, Refinery29, and many others. Check out her imaginative work on her website. Two offerings caught my eye... Celebrating March's "Women's History Month." Getting ready for summer: CALIFIA FARMS Here's a sampling in our kitchen: They like to mix it up...offering seasonal treats...and whatever their creative chefs brew up... Here's this morning's wake up call: FUNNY FARM Early muralist... Early Critic: FUTURE POST IDEAS Melanated Black Queens Full Series (Queen Califia, Cleopatra, and Sarrounia) Why Murals? | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios (09:17) OTHER STREET ARTIST POSTS Takin' it to the Street Artists-1: Jesse Kreuzer...Mural, mural on the wall... Takin' it to the street Artists-2: Ross Clark...Mural, mural on the wall... Takin' it to the Street Artists-3: Mallory Heyer, Niki de Saint Phalle & Jack Etchells #music #humor #art #StreetArt #murals #MalloryHeyer #CalifiaFarms #PlantMilks #food #CaveArt

Dear friends, Please consider joining Building Bridges of Brookhaven for this online event on May 7th! Click here to register for this important free online event. Artists Tackling the Futility of War —  a presentation with Kathy Kelly Wednesday, May 7, 2025 from 7:00pm-8:30pm on Zoom Drawing from paintings, photography, poetry and song, this program will feature works of art depicting war's consequences. Artists steadily summon antiwar solidarity. They help people focus on the crimes committed by war profiteers. Living alongside people trapped in various war zones reinforced Kathy Kelly's belief that “the means you use determines the end you get.” Artists and writers provide us with the means to imagine a better world, a world beyond war. Kathy Kelly is board president of World BEYOND War and a co- coordinator of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal. Her protests against militarism have led her to war zones and prisons, and she believes children of war and those who are victims of violence have been her most important teachers. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, she and an international network of activists have assisted over 100 young Afghans forced to flee their country. In 2024, she helped launch and develop a Global Solidarity for Peace in Palestine network. This online event is sponsored by North Country Peace Group, South Country Peace Group, Pax Christi Long Island, Veterans for Peace Long Island, Peace Action New York State, Building Bridges in Brookhaven, and Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives. Doves of a Feather... Recently, I introduced readers to the Garden City NY Cathedral of the Incarnation's multifaceted offerings. I've included this image to show how they have also featured other leaders who are onboard the "Peace Train." In the meantime, here are three videos to serve as a warm up act for the May 7 event. Included in the video’s description is information about the mission of Playing for Change and its outreach to children in under-served areas of our shared world.  War/No More Trouble feat. Bono | Playing for Change | Song Around The World (05:09) Music Is My Ammunition feat. Stephen Marley | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (04:51) "Peace Train" featuring Yusuf / Cat Stevens | Playing For Change | Song Around The World (04:09) In troubled Northern Ireland, youth from the warring sides join together in harmony Peace Through Music Film Clip: Playing For Change (10:42) #music #peace #KathyKelly #BuildingBridgesInBrookhaven #PFC #PlayingForChange #NorthCountryPeaceGroup #SouthCountryPeaceGroup #PaxChristiLongIsland #VeteransForPeaceLongIsland #PeaceActionNewYorkState #LongIslandAllianceForPeacefulAlternatives #CathedralOfTheIncarnation #JohnDear #CenterForSpiritualImagination

READERS: This first of two posts presents the details of the Cathedral's imaginative offerings. The second contains my reflections...observations...lots of music, humor, mindFULL & mindless musings about the lives we share here on "the third rock from the Sun"... There's a link at the end... PROGRAM OF EVENTS For events that include REGISTRATION, refer to the details on the FULL SCHEDULE PAGE. Here's a preview of what you'll find there: A Lunar Schtick is in the halls of this historic Garden City Cathedral --This second post introduces readers and seekers after "spiritual but not religious"  frontiers to this historic Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarnation in Garden City, NY and their creative offerings...Thanks to friend - Barbara - for passing this along. She's also a "Friend of Jerry" : ))) #moon #CathedralOfTheIncarnation #GardenCity #Episcopal

Janet Rudolph - a friend who includes among her offerings one that I've enjoyed - guided labyrinth walks - will be part of an April 28-29 symposium celebrating matriarchal and matrilineal spiritual traditions. I'm already registered...JOIN ME! Janet will be presenting her SheSpeaks! films along with time for QandA and discussion on April 28th from 3:00-4:30 Eastern time.  Angela Davis - A Tower of Women's power April 28-29 SYMPOSIUM: Wisdom of the Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Spiritual Traditions Janet will be presenting her SheSpeaks! films along with time for QandA and discussion on April 28th from 3:00-4:30 Eastern time .  Matrilineal society definition Matriarchical society [from Janet's invitation email - with my added emphases] Aloha to all,  You are invited to an on-line symposium where I will be one of 24 presenters.  I will be presenting my SheSpeaks! project subtitled, "women of the bible have their say."  During my presentation there will be 5 short scenes (films) where you will be introduced to 4 biblical women to be followed by questions and discussion.  1) Eve inviting you into her garden 2) Naamah (Noah's wife) talking about building the arc 3) Miriam discussing what she and Zipporah (Moses' wife) did to prepare for the Exodus (2 films).  4) Sarah and Abraham describing their sojourn into Egypt The title of the symposium is: Wisdom of the Mothers: Celebrating Matriarchal and Matrilineal Spiritual Traditions .  The dates are April 28th to April 29th.  On zoom!  Through March 30th there will be an automatic 10 % discount applied to registrations.  I am including the link for more information and attaching the poster announcing the symposium: Register here Please feel free to share this to anyone who may be interested.   Bright Blessings, Janet Wisdom of the Mothers flyer Here's a preview of Janet's "She Speaks" presentation Image from Janet's article (below) Miriam Speaks by Janet Maika’i Rudolph - Feminism and Religion [From intro to the article with my added emphases] Intro:  I have been working on a project inspired by Charlene Spretnak and her book Lost Goddesses of Early Greece . I am writing biblical stories through the eyes and words of the women. The scribes who wrote down the tales of the bible, wrote mostly from men’s point of view. And they had their own which was to destroy evidence of the Goddesses. I tell Noah’s story through Naamah , his wife. Abram and Sarai’s journey to Egypt through the eyes of Sarah . Exodus in Miriam’s voice. In my telling, Miriam went to Midian with Moses and, while there, experienced the Burning Bush and worked with Moses’ wife Zipporah to protect knowledge of the Goddesses. [more from the article with my added emphases] Here is another sample of our work. When people pray to a being called the Almighty , they might be picturing a large muscle-bound man rising out of a roiling cloud and throwing thunderbolts. Little do they realize they are praying to a female deity. Almighty  in Hebrew is Shaddai  and shad means breasts . The goddess with breasts is the same female divinity who created the Milky Way in the heavens from the overflow of her own milky teats. The same Goddess who sends down the gentle dew that coats the earth in the early morn, who coaxes the shoots to grow and the buds to blossom. Our Goddesses were not thunderbolt types of deities. They tended more towards caring for Her Earth children . But don’t let that fool you. They could handle thunderbolts with the best of them, it just wasn’t their preferred source of power. "...new mother suckles her son..."... tOM's add-ers : )))) Based on my last name, I give myself permission to expound with a musical reference to Janet's piece... See, I woke up during the night thinking about Janet's post and these Moody Blues lyrics started playing in my mind: "...new mother suckles her son..." Breast feeding The myth of the milk of Hera  ( Ancient Greek : Ἥρας γάλα, romanized :  Hḗras gala ) is an ancient Greek myth  and explanation of the origin of the Milky Way  within the context of creation myths . The standard telling goes that the mythical hero Heracles , as an infant, breastfed from an unsuspecting Hera , the goddess of marriage and Zeus 's wife, who threw him away, causing a little bit of her milk to splash and create the galaxy with all its stars. [continues at next link] Milk of Hera - Wikipedia Woman breast feeding stars Milky Way eyes Her eyes hold us captive The Goddess feeds us with her loving gaze and nourishing breasts... The Moody Blues - Nights in White Satin [Lyrics] HD (04:26) Black Madonna You might want to put on a little JIMI... Source for this glow-in-the-dark BLACK light poster HE Speaks... : ))))) Went looking for a female version of this classic and was rewarded with this. SHE replaces all the male members of the group. Be sure to give her video a "HIGH FIVE"!!! One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men ...wait only for my boot heels to be wandering..." One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men One woman replaces 5 men Mr Tambourine Man - Bob Dylan One Woman Band Cover (The Byrds Version) - Margot Cotton Bring balance to the Force... Seeking balance between genders Here's a 2022 offering in which we participated with our Baha'i friends...on occasion, Janet also joins these welcoming folks... Women's equality Baha'i #music #humor #JanetRudolph #WomensHistoryMonth #labyrinth #AngelaDavis #matrilineal #matriarchal #Eve #Naamah #Miriam #Zipporah #Sarah #goddesses #Shaddai #breast #BreastFeeding #MoodyBlues #JimiHendrix #MargotCotton #BobDylan #TheByrds #equality #Bahai