Recalling the test, code-named "Trinity," of the atom-bomb in July of 1945, Oppenheimer wrote: "A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent.  There floated through my mind a line [of Krishna's] from the Bhagavad-Gita...: 'I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.'"

 

I wasn't going to post on the weekend [weakened] anymore, but what do you think of this version of the japa mala photograph?

Plus, I've made some revisions to my Recommended Reading List of Links and urge you to visit the new ones.  There is a blog from New Orleans [I Just Want to be a Tugboat Captain] which is so charming, and also the delightful and smart work of GayProf at [Center of Gravitas]. 

And sadly, Sue, author of "Thoughts From Middle Age" has decided to stop blogging and has taken down her site.  She was one of the first of you to post here, a lovely British Quaker lady who went off to India in the hippy days and could write about the mundane and her reminiscences with a quiet lyrical quality I always enjoyed, and she will be missed.

Plus, it has rained all night and here is the view this morning:



Very "Witch Mountain" wouldn't you agree?  And to think I've been contemplating going out in this just to pray for your immortal souls and global peace.  Of course in this town, all bets are off when it rains.  It's a perfectly respectable excuse for cancelling appointments regardless of how urgent or pressing. 

So quite honestly, the fate of the planet hangs in the balance.  Just so you know.

 The Disney version, 1975.  They're doing a remake with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.  No, I'm not kidding, it was in the trades and I could tell you more but I've probably signed a non-disclosure agreement somewhere so I can't.  The author of the book, Alexander Key (1904 - 1979) will be a subject of a future post.   

And this just in from Jack who keeps up with these things, working the trifecta angle: "Alice Ghostley dead.  Who's next?"

A busy Saturday after all.