On this lovely day, I walked to the mailbox, something I rarely do anymore, and along the way I picked a nosegay to put into the beautiful vase friends brought us fro Vancouver. The bayou is awash with clovers and yellow and purple wildflowers.
A missive from Japan: This website below really encouraged me to look at bright side and stay positive. It is a message board for people who have seen “good” in this disaster in Japan. I liked this one. “On my four-hour walk home, a woman was standing out on the sidewalk holding up a sign that read “Please feel free to use our bathroom!” Japan is the most heartwarming country in the world. I just…
I have certain friends who are my go-to for things that I can’t work out myself work wise. The other day one of them gave me some good advice, which I took to heart and posted a sign in my office:
Loca’s problem is that she is high energy and smart. I was reminded of this when I was out walking her with a friend. My approach now is to engage her and wear her out. We are getting along much better.
The Federal Flood that ensued after Katrina is a reminder of men’s egos and greed. The tsunami of Sri Lanka, the floods of Pakistan, the earthquakes in China, the earthquake and tsunami now in Japan are reminders of who is in charge. Mario Botta erected the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and said where there was once nothing, we have erected this building. There had been something there. Is it our folly to build…
Stephen Mitchell quotes his old teacher, Zen Master Seung Sahn commenting on verse 15 of the Tao: Our mind is like a clear glass of water. If we put salt into the water, it becomes salt water; sugar, it becomes sugar water; shit, it becomes shit water. But originally the water is clear. No thinking, no mind. No mind, no problem.
My mom was always saying she was going to plant a garden, but it seemed life got in the way. This fact is sort of odd if you knew that my mother was raised on a farm where planting was such a natural rhythm of life that no one thought about it, they just did it. A friend of mine is wanting to get back into the cottage garden business again so I hired her…
I am a horrible, terrible and amateur photographer, but it doesn’t stop me from taking photographs. Today as I was walking in the park I saw an elderly, handsome gentleman in a black suit and tie walking a white standard poodle and they looked like a couple. I wish I could have snapped that photograph.
When you become aware of the negative talk inside your head, it is truly amazing. I’ve been on this mission to kick the habit and so how I’m doing it is acting like the person who is talking in there is a good friend instead of me, and as any good friend does, I tell her, “Now come on, it’s not that bad, it’s okay.” My self talk ranges from criticizing myself for not doing…