Quan Yin
I alluded a few weeks ago to the fact that I was going to be seeing the Great Ex-Love of my Life for a meal, and would perhaps want to talk about it here, in blog form. I know I haven’t been very weekly about the blog of late, and for that, I apologize. I am sure you hang on every juicy tidbit I throw, and to leave you hanging like that was just…well,... [Read more...]
Happy Imbolc!
It’s time to get ready for Spring! poke your nose out, sniff the air! Good things are coming down the pike, can you see it? As the Ewoks would say.. “Yub! Yub!” Read More →
I don’t want to talk about it.
My favorite restaurant, Cafe De La Paz, in Berkeley, CA, has shut down after 15 years of thriving business.The f.uc.k.ing.e.con.om.y. When I first encountered this place, I was baffled as to how/why it was oriented the way it was. It looked exactly like someone had cobbled together three different restaurants. The dining area, or most of it, was... [Read more...]
You make me feel like Dancing
From both–”You’re a what?” From writers–”I never knew you were a dancer!” From dancers–”How weird. I would’ve thought by looking at how you dance, that it’s something you’ve been doing since you were little.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So far... [Read more...]
Quan Yin-in the dark
Quan Yin statue I step up to the altar-greet her dragon; gaze at her face. I light one candle, then another, and mentally rest for a moment, though I am standing. It feels like a perch, spiritually. A place at the end of a quick-light footed staircase, leading to a panorama. I perch there, and muse on my path, and the various threads that intersect... [Read more...]
