33.7 miles
11.9 mph average speed
up route 124 into New York
cross on Rte 35
down route 123 back home
breakfast at Blind Charlie’s Cafe in Scott’s Corners
enjoyable ride in spite of the heat and the hills
you’re going to be hot anyway
might as well get some riding in
some lovely shady miles in there

om bhuh. om bhuvah. om suvah.
om mahah. om janah.
om tapah. om satyam.

om tatsavitur varenyam
bhargo devasya dhimahi,
dhiyo yo nah prachodayat,

om apo jyoti raso amrtam brahma
bhurbhuvah suvarom.

Om Earth, Om Mid-world, Om Heaven
Om realm of wisdom, Om realm of bliss,
Om realm of consciousness, Om realm of Truth.

Om may the orb of the sun, that bright spot,
kindle the fire of my intellect so that I may know
the ultimate truth.

Om the waters the light the immortal essence, Brahman,
earth atmosphere heaven Om

In Gaulish Celtic mythology, Rosmerta was the goddess of fire, warmth, and abundance. A flower queen and hater of marriage, Rosmerta was also the queen of death. A Celtic goddess of fertility and wealth, whose cult was widely spread in Northeast Gaul. Rosmerta was the wife of Esus, the Gaulish Hermes. Her attributes are a cornucopia and a stick with two snakes.

Encyclopedia Mythica

The name is Gaulish, and is analysed as ro-smert-a. Smert means ‘provider’ or ‘carer’ and is also found in other Gaulish names such as Ad-smerio, Smertu-litani, Smerius, Σμερο, Smertae, Smertus, etc. (Delmarre p.277). Ro- is a modifier meaning ‘very’ ‘great’ or ‘most’ as found in Ro-bili (‘most-good’), Ro-cabalus (‘great horse’), Ρο-βιος (‘great life’) (Delmarre pp. 261-2). The -a ending is the typical Gaulish feminine singular nominative. The meaning is thus ‘the Great Provider’ and this accords well with her attributes.

Wikipedia article

see also Wikipedia’s Ancient Gaulish and British goddesses

Museum für Völkerkunde, Berlin, Germany

“Khipu are knotted textile objects used by the Inkas for record keeping.”

from The Khipu Database Project

who else could slide down the hill
and splash my face with both hands

disagreedily

earmice

reveilation

arts and literature laboratory

Things to like about Lisa Jarnot:

Her last name, which is pronounced Jarno
Her politics
The little flower in her hair elastic
The way her gray eyes slide around the room like seals
Her precision
Her reading a poem that mentioned New Haven in New Haven
Her angelfire blog
Her projects
Everything she knows about meditation
The clean precision of her face and words
Her lullaby to doggies