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Mindfulness Meditation

Picture of the meditation path I would like to have one day at Little Renaissance The writings below are from the Frye Art Museum's Mindfulness Meditation events. This is my meditation for today: Earth teach me stillness as the grasses are stilled with light. Earth teach me suffering [...]

2012-09-03T20:03:13-07:00September 3rd, 2012|Uncategorized|

Fleeting Moments of Summer

Already, today is September 1st!  It is so hard to say goodbye to summer.  I love summer and certainly don't get enough of it.  Most of June was cold and rainy.  Every June, I forget that summers start late here and that cool temperatures are the norm in Seattle and [...]

2012-09-01T21:08:51-07:00September 1st, 2012|Uncategorized|

Tumble Creek Annual Yoga Workshop

For five years in a row now, I have held yoga workshops at Tumble Creek near Cle Elum, Washington.  The workshops are generally attended by 12-14 wonderful people who live full time or part time at Tumble Creek, a 2600-acre community adjacent to Suncadia.  They are a lovely and lively [...]

2012-08-27T22:06:51-07:00August 27th, 2012|Uncategorized|

Garden Mind

This weekend, I worked in the garden. There is a price to pay for garden beauty.  Weary and scratched up legs and arms from pulling, tugging, snipping, chopping, turning, hoeing, and carrying wheelbarrows full of branches to the slash pile. And while I garden, my mind sinks into a sort [...]

2012-08-21T03:43:06-07:00August 21st, 2012|Culture, Family, Gardening, Sicily|

Riding the Burke Gilman Bike Trail

Today was a fine day in Seattle!  Temperatures reached 85 degrees and I had a wonderful time walking around Fremont (my neighborhood) where I went to one of my favorite coffee shops, Canal Street Coffee, strolled the Fremont Market, and stopped in at PCC.  On these warm days, I crave [...]

2012-08-13T02:34:57-07:00August 13th, 2012|Uncategorized|
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