I don’t know why birds cause such serenity in humans – maybe their ability to fly is what enchants us. I saw two men (birders) with binoculars eyeing the cormorants today in the park. We all looked at the birds and the birds all looked elsewhere. [As for me, I used to be a bird] As for me, I used to be a bird with a gentle white womb, someone cut my throat just for…
So Thanksgiving is coming and so are many other feasting opportunities and the question of going vegetarian still hangs in the balance. I think we’re back to just trying to cut back on the amount of meat we eat – which isn’t necessarily a lot but we are certainly more reliant on it than we need to be or even want to be. With Thanksgiving approaching and a lot of turkeys already at the chopping…
While we were on our roadtrip a woman said to me, “Obama is a liar!” and when I asked her what he had lied about, she said everything – just this morning walking Loca, a woman stopped to admire her beauty and I said, “We call her Obama dog because she is so sleek and black and handsome.” The woman said, “Your dog might get more done.” I said, “Give him a chance” when we…
Even though yesterday was our decreed bed-in day, we ventured out to see Neko Case at the Republic. Listening to her sing, adjectives like ethereal, other worldly, rich, lush all vie as descriptors, let’s just say you should experience this singer/songwriter live because she is nothing short of fabulous. The musicians who accompanied her were equal to her talent. We were in thick with the crowd and my eyes started sweating since it was so…
We’re having a love fest at our house. Watch John and Yoko in this video – it makes me smile to see them in love but then makes me sad to remember how he was killed and all that talent died with him.
I scanned an old photo of my mom with a heifer that my uncle had given me years ago and taped it up in her hospital room. She loved it. She said the cow’s name is Libby.
Having a bed-in is a great idea, John and Yoko did it for world peace, we did it for peace of mind. We read last Sunday’s New York Times, we let Loca up to snuggle, we let Bam Bam join in for pets and we had our tea and just thought pleasant thoughts. We ended up finding just what we have been missing around here – peace of mind. I strongly urge you to have…
I was sitting in Tonique last night speaking to a friend about life’s many twists and turns and I remembered so clearly sitting on the black leather sofa that is now in Steve’s apartment and staring out at West Street in San Rafael – it was an overcast day and as usual, since we were on the other side of Mt. Tam, we were getting the brunt of the seasonal rain. A garden catalog had…
Buddhist believe that most of life’s misery is caused by wanting.