Bel Homme

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West of the Mississippi

The black-tailed jackrabbit is a hare that belongs to the North American desert and is found in all dry habitats west of the Mississippi, across northern Mexico and along the West Coast up to the border with Canada.

– Tom Jackson
Excerpted from Rabbits: From Hares
and Jackrabbits to Adorable Pets
Amber Books, 2024

See also the previous posts:
• The Rabbit That's Actually a Hare
• The Hares of the Americas
• Tough Dudes
• The Mexican Hare
• Hare of the Agave

Between a Lover and a Beloved

It is lovely
for there to be total informality
between a lover and a beloved

All these formalities
are for strangers

The only rule is this

Everything is forbidden
except for love

~ Rumi
From Radical Love: Teachings from
the Islamic Mystical Tradition
Translated and edited by Omid Safi
Yale University Press, 2018
p. 199

See also the previous posts:
• Between a Lover and a Beloved ~ December 10, 2025
• The Sacred Phallas
• Mindful Lovemaking
• Reciprocal Lovemaking
• Joyful Lovemaking
• Reflections
• Spiritual Phallicism
• The Body: A Holy Place of Romp and Renewal
• The Divine Masculine Principle
• Sweet Offering
• Body and Soul

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