Today was one of those days…you know what I’m talking about. Everyone has them once in a while. Crazy stupid busy at work, and I was annoyed and annoying. But this evening–after work and after a brief steam and swim at the health center–I sat under the grapevines in my backyard and pondered. I ateContinue reading “The Present is Now”
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The Present is Now
Today was one of those days…you know what I’m talking about. Everyone has them once in a while. Crazy stupid busy at work, and I was annoyed and annoying. But this evening–after work and after a brief steam and swim at the health center–I sat under the grapevines in my backyard and pondered. I ateContinue reading “The Present is Now”
(Mini) Zen Triathlon
Photo was not edited; it was, ironically, taken from behind the window of a car in the rain. I didn’t intend on this, it just sort of happened (does that make it even more Zen?). The pool is closed this week for yearly maintenance (swimming is my primary exercise, besides biking, of course) and whenContinue reading “(Mini) Zen Triathlon”
(Mini) Zen Triathlon
Photo was not edited; it was, ironically, taken from behind the window of a car in the rain. I didn’t intend on this, it just sort of happened (does that make it even more Zen?). The pool is closed this week for yearly maintenance (swimming is my primary exercise, besides biking, of course) and whenContinue reading “(Mini) Zen Triathlon”
Red Sky at Night
I just snapped this photo from my front porch a few minutes ago. Beautiful, isn’t it? But I’m still shaking a little…my nerves are frazzled. Not because of the photo or beautiful sky of course, but because of what happened a little while ago. I was on my way home from the local pizzeria withContinue reading “Red Sky at Night”
Red Sky at Night
I just snapped this photo from my front porch a few minutes ago. Beautiful, isn’t it? But I’m still shaking a little…my nerves are frazzled. Not because of the photo or beautiful sky of course, but because of what happened a little while ago. I was on my way home from the local pizzeria withContinue reading “Red Sky at Night”
Five Quotes from Lao Tzu
The image of Lao Tzu was found here. To learn more about him, click here. At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking,Continue reading “Five Quotes from Lao Tzu”
Five Quotes from Lao Tzu
The image of Lao Tzu was found here. To learn more about him, click here. At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want. Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking,Continue reading “Five Quotes from Lao Tzu”
The Light Is In You
This evening I was looking for a document and remembered it was probably on an old computer, the computer I had before the one on which I type these words. And isn’t it interesting that a computer is considered old if it is a mere 8 or 9 years old (egad, it ran Windows 95).Continue reading “The Light Is In You”
The Light Is In You
This evening I was looking for a document and remembered it was probably on an old computer, the computer I had before the one on which I type these words. And isn’t it interesting that a computer is considered old if it is a mere 8 or 9 years old (egad, it ran Windows 95).Continue reading “The Light Is In You”
More Fortune Cookie Philosophy
Take this how you will, but I believe it to be true. And no I do not see God as an old grey haired man with a long beard sitting on a golden throne judging us…but more of the source of our very being; the reason that we live and breath and why we areContinue reading “More Fortune Cookie Philosophy”
More Fortune Cookie Philosophy
Take this how you will, but I believe it to be true. And no I do not see God as an old grey haired man with a long beard sitting on a golden throne judging us…but more of the source of our very being; the reason that we live and breath and why we areContinue reading “More Fortune Cookie Philosophy”
Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know theyContinue reading “Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell”
Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell
“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don’t be afraid, and doors will open where you didn’t know theyContinue reading “Five Quotes from Joseph Campbell”
How To Simply Live
The title of this post is a question not a statement, and I pose it mostly to myself. It could easily be rearranged to say How to Live Simply and have the same meaning. To live simply and to simply live are one-in-the-same in my opinion…and I’m still trying to figure out how to doContinue reading “How To Simply Live”
How To Simply Live
The title of this post is a question not a statement, and I pose it mostly to myself. It could easily be rearranged to say How to Live Simply and have the same meaning. To live simply and to simply live are one-in-the-same in my opinion…and I’m still trying to figure out how to doContinue reading “How To Simply Live”
Five Quotes from Leo Tolstoy
“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” “I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him andContinue reading “Five Quotes from Leo Tolstoy”
Five Quotes from Leo Tolstoy
“Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” “I sit on a man’s back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him andContinue reading “Five Quotes from Leo Tolstoy”
The Good Neighbor
This post is a first for me in that I am showing something being carried in my truck. In the more than 3 years I’ve had this blog I have never showed a picture of my vehicle and prefer to post about pro-bicycle/human transport instead. As regular readers of this blog know, I also preferContinue reading “The Good Neighbor”
The Good Neighbor
This post is a first for me in that I am showing something being carried in my truck. In the more than 3 years I’ve had this blog I have never showed a picture of my vehicle and prefer to post about pro-bicycle/human transport instead. As regular readers of this blog know, I also preferContinue reading “The Good Neighbor”
Urban Simplicty 