My birthday realized was very well-celebrated yesterday and with friends the previous days. Can I show you some pictures? We did an easy ritual. Prayer, brownie nut cake as is our tradition, flowers, gifts from friends, I opened the birthday mail, read aloud the poems written for me. It was a brilliant love fest, though… Read More »
I had a birthday dream I was at the ashram I used to go to in Sacramento. But it was different from how it really was. Ming and I were in a big hall. People were arriving from far away, mostly dressed in monk’s attire. And then other people were excited to see them. More… Read More »
“Is that a collector’s item?” Ming asked about the Econoline in my hands. “Well, I just collected it,” I said. “So I guess so.” We were walking in the desert. We needed some fun really bad. So we went out early in the morning–Ming drove us to Red Rock. We walked a little longer than… Read More »
Hey, I would like to tell you about the latest incident of me and Ming, two non-eaters of birds, making chicken for the elders who live here. Here’s a picture of the non-beautiful food that hopefully was nourishing for their bodies. I got in my mind the notion that I could get a can of… Read More »
A friend told me I’m positive. I told him that I cultivate it. Positivity is part of how to be happy. I wasn’t born cheerfully looking on the bright side. My mom could be forced-positive, but my dad was cranky and bitingly negative much of the time. I endured harm as a child and teenager. … Read More »
I always was intrigued by tarot cards and bought a deck for myself when I was young. It was The Mythic Tarot. I like mythology, so I thought this would be a good deck for me. I put it in a carved wooden box an ex gave to me. It came with a book about… Read More »
I made this meme about how to be a great listener. What do you think? That’s pretty much my method. suspending disbelief The pitfall to my listening style is I leave my judgment at the door and sometimes forget to pick it up on my way out. Oops–I over-believed again. I like to suspend disbelief,… Read More »
Gmorning. A friend asked about the translation of Ya Devi. I sang it in the video in yesterday’s post. This site has the words of Ya Devi translated. https://www.artofliving.org/navratri/ya-devi-sarva-bhutessu There’s a video with someone singing it to a different tune than the one we used at the ashram near Sacramento. Sounds cool too. amazing The… Read More »
“Hey, I wanna be a diy Occupational Therapist. A barefoot Occupational Therapist,” I said to Ming. He seemed to think that was a good idea. Being a consultant always seemed fun, to me. I could specialize in crazy people and fat people. Yes, my favorites! Too bad I’m horrible at money. I would never charge… Read More »
The first example of white privilege I learned about was watching my mom serve my dad. Yes, Goldilocks was a story I heard. Go ahead and bear arms, or arm bears, or whatever! But before I could read about Goldilocks or even talk, I watched what happened in my family. mixedness Mixedness is special–I love… Read More »