I watched the Shuttle launch to day. Came back from the Green Frog Moon festival and flipped on the Tube to see if the cold front would bring us sea fog tonight. The Local station had the count down on live, so we went outside just as it lifted off. We live some distance away so it was a minute or so before we saw the white vapor trail rising out of the haze. The cloud glowed yellow white with a brilliant point at the top. As the lower stage of the rocket broke away, we could see the two pieces separate. The upper light continued to move up and away towards the north and the lower stage seemed to separate into two points of light. The vapor trail turned red as the sun was setting

The next morning he got up very early. He took the stone he had used as a pillow and set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.

The brightest star appeared
for me, when i first remembered this
and took my place in the ritual
hung the ornaments just so
and learned to repeat the tales
of high and far off times.

-Last seasons twilight

There are a few Quotes on Gaia, in the Quote Collection. Some are from commentary by Swami Prabupada, And a few have verse and page numbers, which seems rather sensless when quoting from an " individual" as the Gita is listed here.
I'm rather partial to the Stephen Mitchel translation, at the moment, partly because of his effort to render the text in plain language, and also the way that he retains the quatrain structure of the verses. there is also a relatively straight forward penguin classics edition, with clearly demarked verses.
I'm not averse to commentary at all, but I find Prabupadha's  Bhgavad Gita: As It Is,  so riddled with comments that one has trouble finding where the verses end and the comments begin. Prabupada clocks in at something like 900+ pages, while the Penguin Classic is 122.
Mitchell's offering highlights the poetic qualities of the book, and allows the meaning to stand out clearly, so any one can grasp Krishnas words on Worship, Duty, and Yoga.


(Those who follow the path of spiritual wisdom) see that where there is One, that One is me (God); where there are many, all are me; they see my face everywhere.
Bhagavad Gita 15


Content with getting what arrives of itself. Passed beyond the pairs, free from envy, not attached to success or failure. Even acting, he is not bound. He is recognized as eternally free, who neither loathes nor craves; For he that is freed from the pairs, is easily freed from conflict.
(verses ?)

Some realize the Self within them through the practice of meditation, some by the path of wisdom, and others by selfless service. Others may not know these paths; but hearing and following the instructions of an illumined teacher, they too go beyond death.
(verses ?)

Make your mind one-pointed in meditation, and your heart will be purified. . . . With all fears dissolved in the peace of the Self and all desires dedicated to Brahman, controlling the mind and fixing it on me (God), sit in meditation with me as your only goal. With senses and mind constantly controlled through meditation, united with the Self within, an aspirant attains nirvana, the state of abiding joy and peace in me.
6:12-15

Ill put some quotes from the Mitchell edition up in another post, and see about entering them properly into the Quote Library.

		Edward E.Cummings
		From "95 Poems"