ALT Tree Lessons Suspended between the breath of God and the cool dark Earth body, roots and rings no separation, between time and space. Reaching out gathering powers lightning and fire trickle and storm breath and resistance firm, solid shifts no separation between earth and sky. Connecting to infinite networks stars and saplings suckling on bodies of old ones fallen sustenance and decay no separation between life and death. —Rev. Sean Parker Dennison Breaking and Blessing: Meditations

ALT Self-ish "Unless you were of a certain shade and persuasion you were not taught by the world outside of your family that what you thought mattered, that how you showed up in the world could alter the real in reality, that who you loved would bring to light forms of affections always present, yet kept in darkness. To bring value back to your Self in a world that functions by daily stripping you of it, you must hold fast to being first in your mind and heart. To be number one to number one, means being self-ish, that is, knowing that who and what you have been in spite of the intrusion and institution of internalized oppression makes all the difference in creating a multicultural world and must shine forth." —Marta I. Valentín A Long Time Blooming