I’ve heard of a Christmas tree, but never an Easter tree.
On the move
Sunday, April 2, 2023
I sit in a hotel - on the move. I look out of the hotel window onto a busy freeway intersection - people on the move, going in all directions. I look out on the adjacent airport - people on the move, across the country and across the world. People on the move fascinate me. The human race, it seems, have always been on the move - exploring, hunting, grazing ground, searching for a better life, conquering, pilgrimage.
🌞 It’s a beautiful start to the day in Northern California this morning.
🌞 It’s a beautiful start to the day in Northern California this morning.
Tukdam: Remaining in Meditation At the Time of Death
Saturday, April 1, 2023
I recently watched the documentary Tukdam: Between Worlds. This explored the phenomenon in Tibetan Buddhism where experienced practitioners can remain in a state of meditation after the body has shown all physical signs of having died - no breathing, the heart has stopped. In this state the body can support itself, the skin looks healthy, there is no sign of decomposition of the body (even in the heat of India where many of the exiled Tibetan community now live), and a feeling of warmth remains around the heart.
🛫 On our way.
🛫 On our way.
A year ago I became an American citizen. I don’t know where the time has gone?
🧳 Getting ready.
🧳 Getting ready.
🍽️ Out for dinner tonight to celebrate my step-son’s birthday.
🍽️ Out for dinner tonight to celebrate a my step-son’s birthday.
It’s that time of year, actually it could happen any time of year, when I start reassessing what app I use to manage my calendar. I wonder if anyone has any preferences…and why?
Good morning. Making coffee ☕️
March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge
Day 31: Practice, suggested by @hollie
Practicing
March 2023 newsletter letter
Thursday, March 30, 2023
March 2023 Hello and welcome to the March 2023 newsletter. I am hoping that I can get this months’ newsletter out on time. Time will be a crunch. Because of how Micro.blog, the host for my blog and newsletter, is structured, I will have a small window of opportunity to do the final editing and add this letter before jumping on a airplane to San Francisco. I shall probably be doing that editing sitting at the departure gate at Maui airport.
March 2023 Photoblogging Challenge
Day 30: Mirror, suggested by @Rori
Rows of Parmesan cheese mirror each other as they wait their turn to be cleaned - each cheese is picked out, polished, put back, and then the machine moves onto the next one. Scandiano, Italy.
I look out on this scene every time that I step outside of my front door. Yet it was someone’s words a couple of years back that changed what I see when I step out. This friend mentioned that it was possible to see the curvature of the Earth by looking out to the horizon. Sure enough, he was right. The expanse of the view allows one to see the Earth curving away off to the right. Maybe not in the photo that I linked to, but for sure when you are standing at the door on a clear day. That’s what I see now.
We watched The Swimmers on Netflix a few night’s ago, and enjoyed it - even if the delayed review suggests otherwise. A true story, about two sisters who were coached as swimmers by their father. One in particular was driven to swim in the Olympics representing her country, Syria. Based on a true story, it shows the challenges and dangers that refugees go to, to escape their troubled countries in an attempt to live the life that has been denied them. Recommended. 🍿
That last post was helpful to me. A little bit of accountability.