forthright first you are aware of her happiness and later perhaps of her sadness first you notice her industry and later perhaps her independence first you encounter her accommodation and later perhaps her rebellion first you experience her understanding and later perhaps her provoking first you are amazed at her confidence and later perhaps notice her caution first you appreciate her joy and later perhaps find yourself laughing with this daughter of uzume with this most worthy companion.

on the leaving of a valued co-worker, whose knowing was a reliable constant, but whose sense of order was too strong for us. uzume was heaven's forthright female and great persuader. the goddess of joy and happiness, of dance and drum. she provoked the gods to laughter. hers were the whirling healing waters. hers the new planting. hers the order of heaven on earth. she placed mirrors in the temples.

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