Happy Easter!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Adorable Tim

Make a Smilebox slideshow

A few pictures of my constant companion and friend.

Mysterious Images

The "Eyes" in the Water Glass

Taken at Sushi Tora

Here is one of those lovely mysterious things! I treated myself to dinner the other night at Sushi Tora. (I love sushi!) The base of the soy sauce bottle was just captured in the fluting of the water glass such that when I glanced down I was startled to see "eyes" looking back at me. They even seem to be moist eyes with a twinkle! I was glad I had my camera!

Night Rain in Boulder

Night Rain In Boulder

Taken from the top of the parking garage looking down on
The Boulder Bookstore and the street.

Friday, April 3, 2009 - ~8:30 pm

Snow at last!

The world is growing more and more white as the morning continues and my heart sings. We needed the moisture but deeper than that my soul relishes snow!


Here is Adorable Tim's response to the early morning cold. He faithfully gets up with me when I get up early to meditate... but his meditation is to become a "perfect zen circle of a cat!" How he tucks up so tightly I will never know!

I wrote a poem once when I was quite young that I am remembering this morning. It is about how much I love winter:

The last of winter's children

Dances on the sand

In her father's tattered clothing

Dancing with the wind

Spring is coming

I haven't written for awhile. My life has been full of new things and old ones. I am still getting used to attending a Christian Church after all these years of considering myself a Buddhist. But I have been missing 'community' and at this church, I have found welcome, tolerance for my Buddhist leanings, friendly people, ritual, music, and movie night! I watch through different eyes than I had as a child as a congregation walks through its religious life. I am looking for gold nuggets I may have overlooked in the past.

In two days I also begin a 100 day virtual Soto Zen Buddhist meditation retreat for which I have been preparing for the past two weeks - starting to sit again, getting the schedule of my life in order, starting to eat more simply and organically, buying a webcam and signing up for Skype. "WHAT?" I hear you say. "Part of getting ready for a meditation retreat involves setting up video calling?"

Yes, what a surprise! But this is how the meditation master I am going to be working with (who lives in Minnesota, and I live in Colorado) works with his students in personal meetings. Very interesting! I have my first fact-to-fact meeting on Saturday!

Lastly, it has been hard for me to be very productive in my business of late. Grief about the losses I experienced in 2008 has finally started arising to the surface but... it is good... and it is time. I just need to work with it.

It seems early... but the little flowers have started to bloom!

The Seasons Are Changing

Look here! Although it is still February, we are days away from some of the spring flowers starting to open. (In a way this is scary... it is warmer than it "should be" for this time of year.)

At the creek, the rocks are rimmed with crystals of ice.

I have found a place on Boulder Creek where I can start doing meditation every day. I have picked a beautiful spot with a large flat rock, sloping downward at the right angle and in the right direction, upon which to sit and a wonderful cascade of water in front of me. I have been accepted into a 100 day "virtual" meditation retreat under the supervision of a Soto Zen Meditation Master. This will be good! And I suspect it is going to help me focus and move forward in other parts of my life as well.