World events can overwhelm anyone of sentience ( a faculty I see slipping in the numbing onslaught of 'civilization'.) Disregarding political views, many of my friends and acquaintances are finding personal escape time; music, camping trips etc. I just acquired a rather hard to find copy of the Abbe Breul's 4 Hundred Years of Cave Art. Gazing into the coloured images of long gone animals from a lost world, a not quite so ancient vinal LP of a wolf pack howling and a pink lady candle provided a truncated version of the ancient hearth. It dissuaded 3 major religous groups from knocking, worried the new coyote family outside and reminded me to find my old spear thrower. I hope everyone is finding their center in enjoyable ways in these tumultuous times <img src="images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />