Notes - drifted away /

        Shortly before noon you and Carol talked to Kim and their world is coming together, or so it seems. They hope their house is sold (they should know in a couple days) and they are already making plans for when they can work on the rental, that is, their contract begins in the next two weeks. Closing up and restarting is how life is in your neck of the woods.

         1228 hours. It is a rather dreary though warm day, reflecting my sentiments at the moment. I had a relaxing bath and should be more active than I feel -- sluggish is the term Bob always used for such days as this.

         You are a bit intimidated by Dead 17 -uneasy about how to proceed, as if you were walking down to the Oracle itself. Provide a photo here. - Amorella

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Temple of Apollo at Delphi

The Delphic Oracle was the means through which worshipers could hear the words of god Apollo, spoken through a priestess (Sybil) Pythia, who was over 50 years old. Pythia was always a woman that was chosen by a male priest of the oracle. Characteristic of the oracle of Delphi is the Castalian Spring. Questioners paid a levy called in Greek "pelanos" and sacrificed an animal at the altar. The question was then put to Pythia by the male priest. It has to be mentioned that the only one who could see and communicate with Pythia was this priest- the questioner had no eye contact. The Pythia would answer in a trance, perhaps introduced by the vaporous from a crack in the ground over which she sat on tripod combined with the laurel leaves she was chewing. Her incantations were interpreted by the priest and were almost always ambiguous.

 

Photos and note from delphic-oracle.info

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         1258 hours. I need to see how it was, a recollection of how it might have looked in those days.

         You have no imagination? - Amorella

         I need a sacred sanctuary where I have been for the 'feel' of the place.

         1335 hours. I have found no photographs that show sacred place. Time for a break.

         Lazy rest of the day, you and Carol watched a DVRed "CSI" and you read the most recent Automobile, Motor Trend, and most of Harper's magazines.

         1919 hours. The article "The Way of All Flesh" (Undercover in an Industrial Slaughterhouse) by Ted Conover was a real eye opener not unlike The Jungle.

         Carol called you down for supper (turkey soup). You both watched the rest of "60 Minutes" and a DVRed "Vegas".

         2120 hours. The day just drifted away; a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

         Post. - Amorella