Wow, what a wonderful birthday. The night before, the farmers at the farm that we’re living at blessed me with sacred gifts. Tiger’s eye beans, beautiful flowers, tea of tulsi and chamomile, and tucked inside, some eggs from the young hens that barely know what they’re doing. I set up an altar to pray with… Read More »
When Ming and I were at winco recently, I saw some pretty chiles, so we bought two, and I roasted them. Roasting chiles is the best smell in the world. I wish I could give you that smell, reader. Instead I can give you pictures. Smells like home, good times with my mom. The smell… 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’ve been thinking about some koans. One arose from a lived situation–You can’t unlock an unlocked door. Yes, I was struggling with that, yesterday. Well, I do it often. I’m clumsy and bad with keys. Then I also thought–You can’t buy what’s free. I like those ideas, but I think koans are supposed to… Read More »
Walking with Ming, early in the morning, I saw a postcard on the ground. I was very excited. We’d just passed by a guy sitting outside his apartment with a bong. “Wake and bake,” I whispered to Ming. It’s not every day I see someone outside with a bong. I started thinking about people who… Read More »
“It’s a senior center! It says senior center on it!” I said. “It’s a courthouse,” Ming said. “How do you know?” I asked. “The bailiff told me,” Ming said. “Oh, ok. Well then,” I said. This little government complex is really close to our house. Ming is old enough to go there. Wow, getting old… Read More »
A respected friend is teaching a zoom workshop monthly, starting May 22. Here’s the image I made, to help him advertise it. Maybe too many words, huh. And pics with people in them get more attention. But he might fill his class. We’ll see. walks Yesterday Ming and I went for a walk by the… Read More »
Yesterday we went to Red Springs for our morning walk. It was fun to be at a new place. I’d been there before, in the picnic area, like for the Las Vegas Radical Mental Health rock workshop, before covid. But apparently, I never walked up the boardwalk to the spring. There were the big jackrabbits,… Read More »
We took another riverside walk. I love paralleling this urban river. These photos are amazing, if I do say so. This was here in Las Vegas, on the Neon to Nature trail, headed north from near the Trader Joe’s on West Washington. First we encountered a roadside memorial. “An anarchist died here,” I said to… Read More »
This morning very early, I recorded a cover of Moonshadow. It was fun. I hope you like it, if you listen. Then Ming and I went for a morning walk that was a little too ambitious for me. When we come here to Beatty, I always want to rest a lot. I think it’s the… Read More »