Springtime

things look and feel this new. we are blessed with beautiful weather today.

A Nice Surprise

A great card arrived by U.S. mail today. Learned the new word munificence and was called a chandelier. I am not worthy (: but thanks.

Sunday

Late afternoon walk on a Sunday
through Foster Fields. The snow
has melted away and oddly a few
trees have little yellow leaves
that have survived the long
winter. During a breeze the
rustling sounded like rushing
water. This is a photograph that
I found online and the dramatic
light reminds me of late afternoon
in the woods here...that and almost
every novel by Thomas Hardy.

Another First Post

This is what something new looks like.

After the Showcase

Back in the office with one of my showcase assistants after the event, dropping off the easels, gathering messages and then out to celebrate. Thanks everyone for your patience and understanding these last few weeks.

A Spring Snowstorm

Everything ground to a halt today, schools, offices, stores...all silent. Such a gift from the sky, thanks.

Om Mani Padme Hum

It is said that all the teachings of the Buddha are contained in the mantra : Om Mani Padme Hum. Buddha taught many very different methods for removing the cause of suffering, methods appropriate for the very different types and conditions and aptitudes of suffering beings. For those who had the capacity to understand it, he taught the most powerful method of all, a method based on the practice of compassion. It is known as the Mahayana, or Great Vehicle, because practicing it benefits all beings, without partiality. It is likened to a vast boat that carries all the beings in the universe across the sea of suffering.

Showcase Artists

The Showcase rapidly approaches...freespace dance featured in photo above.

Heavy Lifting

Thinking tonight, of my friends who know how to navigate this. So grateful tonight for your wisdom, your kindness and your understanding....in your debt beyond measure, thank you.

Too Much Information

Preparing for the showcase and taking care of all of the little details that a big event requires is sometimes overwhelming. The only thing that keeps me sane is that way in the distance I can see an end to it.

Something Sweet

Last night I baked chocolate chip cookies with chunks of Ghirardelli chocolate, for Owen. He'd had a really rough day. Tonight I want to make peanut butter cookies with a Hershey's Kiss in the middle of each one. I really cannot believe that with all that is going on at the moment - I am taking a break and thinking about baking warm cookies.

A Sunday Afternoon

quiet reflection today. acceptance.

"...And several other times in my life, when I was swimming far out, or lying alone on a beach, I have had the same experience. Became the sun, the hot sand, green seaweed anchored to a rock, swaying in the tide. Like a saint's vision of beatitude. Like the veil of things as they seem drawn back by an unseen hand. For a second you see - and seeing the secret, are the secret."

Eugene O'Neill

Remains of the Day

March arrives
February remains.

Three robins eat berries
In a wild-raisin shrub
Far away from spring

KC

Tonight

Mom is in the hospital tonight with a respiratory illness. Rick is newly released from the hospital - allergic reactions finally calming down and Peter begins chemo tomorrow. Prayers going out in all directions .

In Like A Lion

It's March now and the wind is howling tonight just like it's supposed to. The moon looks full...one day after a lunar eclipse. The ground is saturated from last week's rain and this is when big trees fall. Listening to the wind tonight and keeping my fingers crossed.

The Who

song by The Who, stuck on my lips today...i sound like an owl.
who are you ?
who who...who who ?
who are you ?
who who... who who ?