The Guardian for this meeting was Eos Amaterasu. The comments are by Eos Amaterasu. 

The discussion circulates through several themes: the recent PaB 4th anniversary party, the community, what is nature?, the NDRC train winding its way through the village, and... Storm receives a spontaneous award!

stevenaia Michinaga: greetings
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Stevie
Eos Amaterasu: Feels nice and fresh here
Eos Amaterasu: (perhaps thinking back to the deluge of the party :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: a wonderful group
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to simply be... with its own direction
Eos Amaterasu: we are a slime mold family :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: well, when you put it that way...
stevenaia Michinaga: we must be
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Raffila
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Raffie
Raffila Millgrove: hi Stever, Hi Eos.
stevenaia Michinaga: Eos was commenting on the group as comparable to slim mold... I was just going to ask him to say more :)
Eos Amaterasu: heh heh
Eos Amaterasu: that was a commentary on:
Eos Amaterasu: [19:06] stevenaia Michinaga: seems to simply be... with its own direction
Eos Amaterasu: re the PaB community
Eos Amaterasu: sometimes you can simply be with 100% intensity
Eos Amaterasu: that's a bit of what the party felt like
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: there was much energy at our celebrations
stevenaia Michinaga: 4 years is a long time for a group so diverse to maintain itself
stevenaia Michinaga: almost like the bonding of friendship
Eos Amaterasu: also people have gone and have come
Eos Amaterasu: some sort of drifting non-centre continues?
stevenaia Michinaga: you see people who you haven't seen in a year and it;s still a pleasure to greet them, no... "where were you", or "why don't you come" that goes on in some groups
stevenaia Michinaga: nice hat Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Thank you. It is an Amish hat.
Raffila Millgrove: hi Bruce.
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Hello!

--BELL--

Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Aph!
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Aph
Raffila Millgrove: oh i see Aphro.. arriving by train!
Aphrodite Macbain: What a great ride!
Bruce Mowbray: indeed!
Raffila Millgrove: i rode twice but i think maybe time to ride final version.
Eos Amaterasu: Hi aph...
Aphrodite Macbain: Very smoothe ride
Aphrodite Macbain: thre's that bird again
Eos Amaterasu: hints of viking crossed with thomas the tank engine
Raffila Millgrove: lol
Eos Amaterasu: (the train, not the bird)
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
Aphrodite Macbain: loved that video
Raffila Millgrove: Please excuse me. i have rl interruption. take care all.
Aphrodite Macbain: that Sam offered
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Raff
Eos Amaterasu: ciao, Raffie
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Raffi!
Aphrodite Macbain: waves at Raffi
Aphrodite Macbain: Has San built her tree house yet?
Aphrodite Macbain: I thaought that was Ewan Bonham's place...
stevenaia Michinaga: she's working on it (still)
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe anothr tree
Aphrodite Macbain: I thought she already has a house here
Aphrodite Macbain: L-)
Aphrodite Macbain: How was the session at 5 today Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: Incredibly good.
stevenaia Michinaga: she removed it
Bruce Mowbray: I learned a whole lot.
stevenaia Michinaga: what was the topic?
Aphrodite Macbain: sorry I missed it. I was elbow deep in Income tax forms
Bruce Mowbray: The topic was spirits in dreams....
Aphrodite Macbain: waves enjoy the mesh!
Bruce Mowbray: yeah, I'e already filed mine, Aph.
Aphrodite Macbain: wow
Bruce Mowbray: see if I can spell it....
Bruce Mowbray: oniederoi???
Aphrodite Macbain: spell?
Bruce Mowbray: I'll look it up .... brb
Eos Amaterasu: onie has to do with sleep
Bruce Mowbray: yes....
Aphrodite Macbain: oh
Bruce Mowbray: from the same root.
Aphrodite Macbain: in Japanese? or Greek?
stevenaia Michinaga: I hire an accountant to torcher me
Eos Amaterasu: indo-european root
Aphrodite Macbain: Hmmm
Aphrodite Macbain: that covrs a large territoruy
Bruce Mowbray: 'Oneiroi' (spirits of dreams).
Eos Amaterasu wonders if stevenaia will go up in flames
stevenaia Michinaga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneiroi
stevenaia Michinaga: will go up in misspellings
Aphrodite Macbain: It's Greek
Aphrodite Macbain: to me
Aphrodite Macbain: what did he have to day about dreams?
Bruce Mowbray: Yeah, Greek. Morpheus was the main one.
Bruce Mowbray: from which we get the term morphine.
Bruce Mowbray: and also "form" --- morphic..
Bruce Mowbray: as in Rupert Sheldrake's "morphic resonance."
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Bruce Mowbray: Well, Aph, he talked for two hours!
Bruce Mowbray: and said a whole lot.
Bruce Mowbray: and really got very specific about individuals' dreams....
Bruce Mowbray: anyway....
Bruce Mowbray: that was then; this is now.
Eos Amaterasu: Morpheus?
Aphrodite Macbain: The most powerful of the Oneiroi was Morpheus. His brothers Phobetor and Phantasos shape parts of dreams, while Morpheus shapes the dream in general. Morpheus shapes human figures, Phobetor shapes animal figures and Phantasos shapes inanimate objects. Also, Morpheus can cast a layer of magic to put mortals to sleep for a VERY long time.
Aphrodite Macbain: Hmmm
Bruce Mowbray: yeah, form or shape....
Bruce Mowbray: morphic.
Aphrodite Macbain: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: morphic means changeable, doesn't it?
Bruce Mowbray: since it was WAYYYY past my bedtime, I'm thinking I shall pay Morpheus a visit (or welcome one from him).
Aphrodite Macbain: as in morphing

--BELL--

Bruce Mowbray: Must be gone.

Eos Amaterasu: Morph on, Bruce!
Bruce Mowbray: All be well and safe.
Aphrodite Macbain: Nite Bruce- thanks for staying up!
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, me too, woke up to early this morning,. busy day
stevenaia Michinaga: night
Aphrodite Macbain: What have you been up to?
Eos Amaterasu: Nigh, stevenaia
Aphrodite Macbain: Night!
Aphrodite Macbain: Poof

Aphrodite Macbain: very peaceful sitting here. Is this your session?
Eos Amaterasu: Yes, Tuesday nite
Eos Amaterasu: (night for me, 11 pm to midnight)
Eos Amaterasu: hooo!
Aphrodite Macbain: Suddenly the sun has come out, briefly, before it sets over the ocean
Aphrodite Macbain: WB Tess
Eos Amaterasu: Yes, it was briefly vivid for me here too today
Aphrodite Macbain: Nice hat
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Tess
Tess Aristocrat: grins..thanks ㋡
Aphrodite Macbain: Can u see the sea?
Tess Aristocrat: me?
Aphrodite Macbain: Eos? from where u live?
Eos Amaterasu: I can walk & see horizon on ocean
Tess Aristocrat: oh..no
Tess Aristocrat: but I can see the water
Eos Amaterasu: nice
Aphrodite Macbain: something magicalabot an orange sun falling into an intense blue ocean

Tess Aristocrat: I live on a couple of ponds and wetlands
Tess Aristocrat: oh, yes ㋡
Aphrodite Macbain: ducks!
Tess Aristocrat: yes ㋡ lots of migratory birds
Aphrodite Macbain: Can you identify them?
Tess Aristocrat: nods
Tess Aristocrat: There are some that come back every year
Aphrodite Macbain: My bird feeder and new visitors almost every day
Tess Aristocrat: yes ㋡
Aphrodite Macbain: right now. The finches sing so beautifully
Tess Aristocrat: I love nature...
Aphrodite Macbain: looooooong complicated trills
Aphrodite Macbain: always ending on an upnote
Eos Amaterasu: nature is the healthiest "thing"
Aphrodite Macbain: thing?
Eos Amaterasu: thingie
Eos Amaterasu: spirit!
Aphrodite Macbain: giggles.thingimabob
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. energy
Tess Aristocrat: natural
Aphrodite Macbain: hmmm but then what IS natural?
Eos Amaterasu: the restful spirit, the busy spirit, the open spirit, the sweet spirit
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Tess Aristocrat: the natural spirit
Aphrodite Macbain: right now, the sweet spirit sounds most attractive
Aphrodite Macbain: like the sound of birdsong and the smel of roses and geraniuma
Aphrodite Macbain: gerania?
Eos Amaterasu: it's somehow very healthy for the mind / heart to go into some more natural area, uncontrolled by humans
Aphrodite Macbain: nods.
Eos Amaterasu: the true wild mind
Eos Amaterasu: the natural mind
Aphrodite Macbain: I realiz that every time I get out of the city
Aphrodite Macbain: e
Tess Aristocrat: birds are the closest creatures I've seen that seem enlightened
Aphrodite Macbain: suddenly I am calm and peaceful
Eos Amaterasu: can you say more about that, Tess?
Aphrodite Macbain: find birds reflect the energy of the day. They sing so brightly on a sunny day, and are quiet on grey days
Tess Aristocrat: well, they never feel sorry for themselves
Aphrodite Macbain: smile
Tess Aristocrat: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: Maybe I should find a birdbath in SL and see who visits
Eos Amaterasu: they communicate
Tess Aristocrat: oh!
Tess Aristocrat: a quick story
Aphrodite Macbain: listens
Tess Aristocrat: the other day
Tess Aristocrat: I had the front and back doors open
Tess Aristocrat: my yellow tom cat strolls thru the front door and I look
Tess Aristocrat: and he's carrying a bird in his mouth!
Eos Amaterasu: hi Storm
Aphrodite Macbain: awww
Storm Nordwind: Hi all
Tess Aristocrat: so I stand up, walk over and grab him and give him a 'shake'
Tess Aristocrat: and the bird drops out and Flies out the back door!
Tess Aristocrat: lolll
Tess Aristocrat: yay!
Aphrodite Macbain: cool. Poor cat! He was doing what came naturally!

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Storm. Had another ride on the train. Fantastic!
Tess Aristocrat: sure..but not on my watch :P
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Storm Nordwind: /Tess is doing what SHE does naturally. :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Lol
Tess Aristocrat: yes..
Tess Aristocrat: Hi Storm
Storm Nordwind: Glad you're enjoying the train rides, Aph :)
Aphrodite Macbain: speaking of natural proclivities, how is the railroad Storm?
Aphrodite Macbain: anything more to add?
Eos Amaterasu: the train feels like a very natural part of the village
Tess Aristocrat: ㋡
Storm Nordwind: The railroad is like a good digestive system
Aphrodite Macbain: I am going to become lazy
Aphrodite Macbain: moving things frommplace to place?
Storm Nordwind: Regular :)
Tess Aristocrat: We're gonna have to find you an Engineer's hat ^^
Aphrodite Macbain: lol storm
Storm Nordwind laughs
Aphrodite Macbain: Time for din dins
Eos Amaterasu: turkeys?
Storm Nordwind: Glad it feels so natural Eos. That was probably the hardest part
Aphrodite Macbain: Night everyone. Be well
Tess Aristocrat: good to see you Aph ㋡
Storm Nordwind waves
Eos Amaterasu: 'night, aph
Aphrodite Macbain: hahah Eos
Aphrodite Macbain: dind dind
Aphrodite Macbain: gobble gobble
Tess Aristocrat: goodnight ㋡
Eos Amaterasu: good night, Tess!
Storm Nordwind waves
Eos Amaterasu: there goes a train!
Storm Nordwind: Wol found its regularity reassuring
Eos Amaterasu: yes, there is something comforting about it
Storm Nordwind: Like the tick of a large grandfather clock
Eos Amaterasu: earlier I said it felt like some sort of cross of Viking and Thomas the Tank Engine
Eos Amaterasu: a convivial social space
Eos Amaterasu: both internally
Storm Nordwind: Viking?
Eos Amaterasu: and how it helps augment the sense of the village
Eos Amaterasu: open wooden architecture (re Viking, something like that, open....)
Storm Nordwind: Ah yes
Storm Nordwind: There's a paradox, because although it cuts a swathe through the village, it seems to me to unite more than it divides.
Eos Amaterasu: Yes, it circulates
Storm Nordwind: Like a single fiber threading a whole clutch of needles

Eos Amaterasu: Let me bestow on you the Master's Badge of Building Convivial Spaces
Eos Amaterasu: trumpets flourish!
Storm Nordwind: Why thank you sir!

Eos Amaterasu: maybe it will start extending into the suburbs :-)
Storm Nordwind: haha!
Storm Nordwind: And maybe an excursion line to the Kira Cafe
Eos Amaterasu: Yes... there's still the balloon that goes there?
Storm Nordwind: Hmm... no. The balloons go just around the sim or up to the Theater. Though you can see the Cafe from the tour of the sim - it is pointed out by the guide

--BELL--

Eos Amaterasu: Thank you, bell
Eos Amaterasu: thank you, Storm
Eos Amaterasu: I go to bed
Storm Nordwind: Sleep well friend :)