lifting the heavy

this lil pup, miski (Quechua for 'sweet') has performed the service of joy. mom today said that having the little turbo-charged missile-with-legs is a good thing while going through dad's cancer ... she will 'lift the heavy'

Sedona

vortex-ville. if you believe. it IS.

i am still trying to decipher the journey, now that it's behind me. trying to comprehend the meaning, the essence, the form.

the word transformational comes to mind. that would apply to the last six to eight months, really. apical - that's the last four weeks: sedona, san luis obispo, long beach.

there was, in each instance, a heightened sense of awareness that all elements were at play and were crucial to the unfolding ... place, time, people. it was the organoleptics of life - the crunch, the mouthfeel, the texture, the taste - it was all there. it was ... organoleptogasmic.

dirty work

dirty work
Originally uploaded by janski.

Walk a mile in my shoes and you may end up with ugh-ly feet like mine. It's taken me four months to repair them.

I'm really just practicing blogging fotos from flickr. I did it!

Still learning

It's been a while since Marya turned me on to the world of blogging and I am still in my nappys, if you will. I just blogged the photos above from the flickr site as practice ... what I mean to say is that I actually DID it. More to come soon. Bare with me (or is that bear with me?) as I practice and show my lack of skill (it's inversely [or perversely] proportional to my passion ... I don't know, now I'm confused).

Liquid Mercury

This is always my favorite type of sea day. Yesterday I went out to M.D.O. - Montano de Oro-to find my center and think about where to go next. The day was as such - grey, breezy, foggy, cool, crisp - a reprieve from the sameness of sunshine day after day after day. I felt my mood soaring - rejuvenated by the power and constancy of the sea. What a magical place and time.

Favorite quote

"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe quotes (German playwright, poet, novelist and dramatist. 1749-1832)

The virgin blogger

Marya, the saint of (all things she says) is teaching me to get in touch with the "real world" ... my inner blogger. This will make my life .... hmmm ... well, I don't know what it will make my life, but it will make communicating about life with everyone MUCH easier.

Finally.

Being cut off from reliable communication - among other things - has meant being severed from too many really really really special people (like Marya). I am back. Better watch out!

i love this!