It has been brought to my attention that the Nevada  Desert Experience (NDE)  has the same acronym as Near Death Experience. And it is so apropos as nuclear weapons and nuclear waste are bringing us to the point of extinction. It we have a nuclear war we will have an amazing distinction, the only species of animal to collectively commit suicide by becoming the ultimate suicide bomber.  Cool huh?  Duhhhhh not cool. Not cool in the least. And what of all the birth defects in Iraq and the tons of depleted uranium we have scatter through the desert sands and desert winds.     Back to Las Vegas and the NDE. What will it be, the  Nevada Desert or Near Death. Sunday I had a rent car and drove into the desert along 95 north.  I went to Cactus Springs to visit the Priestess of the Goddess Temple of Sekhment.  She is a friend, a loving pagan and a member of Code Pink.  http://www.sekhmettemple.com/index.htm   Hopefully the link provided with bring you to their website. Isn't it amazing and wonderful this place of peace and life affirming worship of the Goddess energy is so  close to the most bombed out place on the face of the earth with over 1000 nuclear explosions. It is a place of incredible beauty with snow capped mountains nearby and I can't tell you how great it felt to be there again visiting my friend Candace and  paying my respects to Goddess Sekhmet and of course the Holy Mother and  the Madre Del Mundo. We walked about two and one half miles into the desert seeing long eared jack rabbits and some lizards. 

For those of you who have never seen the movie Zachariah there are bits and pieces are online. It is a head rock and roll western and the story of Siddartha and has beautiful sequences in the desert and great rock and roll and a campy sense of humor all rolled (if you get my drift) into one.  

I am rapidly running out of my hour's time on the net but a good part of this morning was spend  cutting firewood and visiting with my friend Peter Ediger, whose wise counsel and great  peace is joyful and contagious. He works for Pace Bene and is part of the complex at NDE. I also gave Sr. Megan her first lesson in roulette at Jerry's Nugget. We lost $3 dollars but had a great evening meal at the Nugget's coffee shop. It has a steak and crab legs special for $7.99.

More to come soon.