Thursday, March 28, 2024

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Unbidden

 





I spilled tea on a rug the other day and rinsed it and put it outside to dry where it got rained upon. The rain rinsed another stain out of the rug and I remembered a fellow from San Diego who used to say he allowed only the purest rainwater  to wash his car.





Saturday, September 23, 2023

Action

 





When I go to Shine Cafe for a tempeh, lettuce and tomato sandwhich, I look at their totem book. Opening it with an intention to learn something, the essay on antelope came up, which espouses action - desire, discern, do it. One thing I desire is for a minimum of cat pee out of the litter box - I'm sure you do too - and with a cat sitting job coming up, I've been getting rid of objects I haven't used in a year that might clutter a cat's mind. To this end, a 22 inch bodhran sat in the car seat, waiting for my trip to the music store to buy a guitar case that fits a classical guitar to replace the case I gave away - one too small, one too big. Next after the sandwhich to do: a trip to the Avocado Shack for produce, my first time since a friend recommended it. Walking into the shack, a converted auto repair shop, the walkway is lined with free clothes, shoes and books, such a community minded thing to do. The cashier greeted me in a calm, friendly manner and the shopping produced radishes, mighty fine hummus and chips, a bug sur bar, granola and avocado. When I took the groceries to my car, I saw the bodhran and thought about the free stuff and went back into the shack to ask if the drum was a good fit for their free stuff. The cashier got pretty excited and appreciating his reaction, I went and got the drum to show him. Impressed, he told me he is a drummer and that he would take the bodhran into his good home. I was immensely pleased, because that drum is too darn big for me! Play it in good health.














Saturday, June 24, 2023