Land of the San Andreas

San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain in California

I have a fondness for the San Andrea Fault.  I visit it whenever I can and study its history and predictions of its future movement.

I love seeing it from the air when I'm in a plane.

Here's an interesting report on current seismic strain on the land near it:

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-san-andreas-fault-20160622-snap-story.html

When the Spirit Leaves

Hypothesis

Perhaps when the spirit leaves its body

it flies to the star that is its destiny

a few billion light-years away

and buries itself in the flame

where its tarnished edges

are all burnt away

leaving only its truest essence.

I wish this for you, Rizz—

residence in a star of regal beauty

trailing streams of iodized clouds,

purple and green—

your own bright spirit freed from earth

and perpetually glowing

in the light of God’s face.

And if your spirit does not leave tonight,

may you not suffer.

may you not return to conscious thought

but rest in peace

until your spirit is freed.

                                                --Anne Eggebroten, July 13, 2016

                            “In my house are many mansions” John 14:2