Quote for today: When I let go of who I am I become who I might be Lao Tzu On Thursday evening, I went to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet's Dress Rehearsal for Love Stories at McCaw Hall. I had never been to a dress rehearsal for ballet before. What [...]
Today was my mother-in-law's birthday, so Rick chose this day to spread some of her ashes around the Mother Stone. As he spread her ashes, I thought how her strength, grace, and deep intelligence would forever saturate our lives. I thought about how our soil and garden would be forever [...]
My friend and former supervisor/director from my past life as an English teacher, Herb Sundvall, is involved as co-curator of an international art and photography exhibit on the theme of A Book About Death. This exhibit is about different views and approaches to mourning, death, dying, coping, etc. There will [...]
Many meditation products are designed to help people who are new to meditation. Sometimes these products are simply an aid for even those who have a lot of experience meditating. These products range from CD's for guided meditation in the Zen tradition, Mindfulness meditations, Loving Kindness (Metta) meditation, and others. [...]
Today was a fine autumn day at the coast. Rick and I took a long walk on the beach and we brought our cameras along. The sky looked like a valuable painting done in watercolors. And at other times, my colored photos came out looking monochromatic. [...]