Adopt-To take up and make one’s own
This post is classified as “Sensitive Material”. This topic has caused me controversy in the past, and my intent here is to share my feelings on the subject, to where it has led me today, and to gain feedback, resources, and certainly, a dialogue, if you readers are game. But since its something close to my heart, I’m just letting... [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...]
Who do you answer to?
I got to thinking about a phrase the other day.. “May he who is without sin, cast the first stone.” I can picture a whole angry mob, cowering over some thief/whore/bad politician, some coward who’s fractured spirit is racked with pain and defiance, kneeling in the dirt, being given a small chance by this phrase, for those ‘above’... [Read more...]
Taking the day off
I’m taking the day off today. I feel like the size of an elephant. I’ve tried medication, eating, hetting hydrated, and pretending I feel better. I even tried working. Now I am home, and its just fine by me. P.S.-Yes, this photo is actually me,napping in a hammock. Read More →
Meditations in Portland
I was in Portland, Or, recently to visit my best friend and new baby. Portland was so wonderful this trip. The atmosphere here feels, and pulls at me, much stronger than it has before.I’ve been saying it for years, that I knew I was going to move back here…you know, “someday”—“someday” (what is it about that word that we love so much?)... [Read more...]
