Rick and I had dinner with Don and Simone on Tuesday evening. We ate outdoors surrounded by lush greenery and dinner-plate-sized dahlias. Must must must plant some dahlias next year! Simone and her Dahlias like fireworks! eye of the storm of color happiness is a [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
When I travel in India with Arvind Singh as our guide, I am amazed at how he can rattle off mind boggling numbers. With complete confidence and not a moment's hesitation, he could say, "There are 10-15 million Sadhus 'Holy Men' in India." So I thought about some figures that [...]
Last week I went to the Tetons and Yellowstone for the first time ever. The week was full of firsts for me: first time I drove across several states for hours on end, first time to visit some of the most beautiful scenery in all of the USA, first time [...]