{"id":10349,"date":"2026-09-20T15:33:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=10349"},"modified":"2026-09-20T15:33:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T15:33:29","slug":"awesome-autumn-equinox-salutations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seeingthings.me.uk\/blog\/?p=10349","title":{"rendered":"awesome autumn equinox salutations"},"content":{"rendered":"

this equinox<\/span>
\nin the northern hemisphere<\/span>
\npurportedly arrives this <\/span>Wednesday
\n23rd<\/strong><\/span> September 2026 <\/span><\/strong>@ 1:04 am<\/span>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n🍎🍐🍑🍁<\/span>🍂<\/span>🍎🍂🍁🍑🍐🍎<\/span><\/p>\n

noticing<\/strong>\/paying attention, some say, is akin to love
\n💛💛💛
\n<\/span>twinkle twinkle little star what you see is what you are
\n<\/em>(attributed to Steve M.)<\/span>\"\"<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0\"\" \u00a0\"\"
\n\"\" \u00a0\"\" \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a>
\nnatural and manufactured: equal & even\/the union of opposites
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\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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we honour these wonderful people, recently passed:<\/span>
\nfor their human being<\/em>, their beneficial contribution and their work<\/span>…<\/span><\/p>\n

Gloria Marie Steinem <\/strong>
\nan American journalist and social movement activist
\nwho emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism
\nin the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s,
\nand who remained particularly prominent
\nin the 1980s and early 1990s
\n(1934-2026)\u00a0<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span>\u2018Courage and contradictions\u2019<\/a><\/span>
\nan article on what Gloria Steinem meant to feminist writers from around the world<\/em>
\nGuardian article with Rebecca Solnit, Rokhaya Diallo, Mona Eltahawy,
\nV (formerly Eve Ensler), Julia Gillard, Jennifer Robinson,
\nElif Shafak & Rhiannon Lucy Cosslet<\/span><\/p>\n

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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Robert Thurman <\/strong><\/span>
\nsee Philip Glass’s post<\/span><\/a> on the wonderful American Buddhist philosopher and writer, best known <\/span>
\nfor his work in Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist <\/span>
\nStudies at Columbia University, before retiring in 2019. He held the first endowed chair in <\/span>
\nBuddhist Studies in the West<\/span>
\n(1941-2026)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️<\/span><\/p>\n

Bonnie Greer<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
…her writing and broadcasting were driven by divided perspectives. Her technical experience across an unusual range of genres \u2013 <\/span>drama, fiction, biography, memoir, documentary \u2013 <\/span>informed her work as a wry and lively critic, <\/span>especially on the late-night BBC2 cultural programmes – <\/span>Late Review and Newsnight Review from the 1990s onwards<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1948-2026
\n****************
\n<\/span>Wendell Berry <\/span><\/strong><\/span>
\nwas an American novelist, poet, essayist,<\/span>
\nenvironmental activist, cultural critic and farmer.<\/span>
\nClosely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes<\/span>
\nin the early essays of The Gift of Good Land<\/em> and <\/span>The Unsettling of America<\/span>
\n<\/em>(1934-2026)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\ncultural offerings
\nJesse Welles <\/strong>old soul,<\/span>
\nyoung contemporary political singer\/<\/span>
\nsongwriter\/musician<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

video (2mns) Cancer<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span>
\n*****************
\n3 books by the bed<\/strong><\/em><\/span>
\n\"\" \"\" \"\"
\n**************
\nThe Offline Club<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span> a growing international movement with hangouts & events
\nto unplug, relax and connect with like-minded people…..<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Join\/celebrate free 24-hour digital detox challenge October 10th: World Mental Health Day: https:\/\/luma.com\/1mggvr0h<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\n<\/span>from kitchen sink studio:<\/strong>
\nwe value scaffolding<\/em>, its structure, support and nourishment<\/span>
\nplaying with image & theatre<\/em><\/strong> (andanafoto<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/strong> workshop*<\/strong>)<\/span>
\n*<\/strong> spontaneous self-portraits: then ‘n’ now: what is looking remains the same
\n<\/span>\"\" \u00a0\u00a0\"\" \"\"<\/a>
\n*<\/strong> wisdom & shadow exploration:<\/span>
\ninspired by Fritz Perls’s Gestalt therapy<\/span>
\nWisdomKnowing, out of my head<\/span>
\n\"\"
\nWander & Wonder<\/em>
\n<\/strong>nature inspired moments with artist Helen Wells<\/a><\/span>
\ngathering a small nature collections as starting points \/ exploring
\nthem in sketchbook through drawing, colour, collage & mixed media
\n\"\"<\/a>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\"\"<\/a>
\nsummer time explorations from <\/span>kitchen sink studio…..unstuckcollage…..<\/span>
\n\"\"
\nplaying with paint<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"\u00a0\u00a0\"\"
\nthe helipods have landed<\/span>\"\"<\/a>
\n\"\"<\/a>
\na couple of us are exploring\u00a0<\/strong>abundance<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>together: which is a delightfull treat:<\/span>
\nlike anything we focus upon, it grows….<\/span>
\npronoia<\/strong>,, knowing we are taken care of, seeing everything as for us,
\nsupporting us, working in our favour.
\n<\/em>Noticing\/seeing all the ways we can clock abundance – make written notes,
\nsay it out loud, share in conversation, record on the phon<\/em>e…<\/span>
\n\u00a0<\/em>\"\"<\/a>
\n**********************************
\ngratitude is the ultimate state of receiving
\n<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joe Dispenza
\n*********************************<\/p>\n

thank you kindly for visiting<\/span>
\nwe trust something resonated
\nfloats your boat
\n<\/span>chimed your bell<\/span>
\ntouched your heart<\/span>
\ninspired you….<\/span><\/p>\n

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
\nwith great gratitude to my
\nwisdom teacher Ziji Rinpoche<\/a><\/span><\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

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this equinox in the northern hemisphere purportedly arrives this Wednesday 23rd September 2026 @ 1:04 am 🍎🍐🍑🍁🍂🍎🍂🍁🍑🍐🍎 noticing\/paying attention, some say, is akin to love 💛💛💛 twinkle twinkle little star…<\/p>\n

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