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In the picture below the lake, of the avalanche path, those mountain peaks are at least 3,000 feet above us.  Every slope of the mountains seemed to have those slices of cleared trees through them, where bushes are now growing.  Meaning avalanches happen quite often up there! Above the old growth forest, we continued drivingContinue reading “Gibson Lake below Kokanee Glacier”

Hiking around in the Kokanee Glacier park, we first climbed up a rough wash-boarded logging road, where 4-wheel drive is recommended.  We had to go extremely slow as a result of having a low front-wheel-drive hatchback.  5 km up the logging road, there is a little parking area to hike around in old growth cedarContinue reading “Hiking around old growth cedars”

We taught meditation and Buddhist chanting in the nonagon.  Plus Ken has wrapped copper wire around a lot of the rocks in the ground around the structure and he has the wire coming up into the middle of the nonagon.  It is possible to meditate while holding the wire and there is a noticeable energyContinue reading “The 9 sided meditation hut (the nonagon)”

occasionally, we must make do with where we are and with what we have got in front of us… presently my partner and I live in a nice neighborhood, conveniently located close to my work place and hers, and not far from my school either… but recently a family moved in downstairs which is justContinue reading “the sounds of trauma”

I realize that this post might polarize some people.  Whether it inspires them or turns them away, I feel the need to speak my mind. This country (the United States of America) has become more and more of an oligarchy over the past couple of decades.  We say we are a democracy and yet thereContinue reading “I rarely, if ever, (and I mean never) write about politics”

Life has a funny way of creating new opportunities when we make alternative choices.  I pressed the pause button on nursing school a few weeks ago, a decision I’m still undecided on – best decision?  How much do I need to rest?  I am having a little health issue but hopefully some rest will beContinue reading “staying fairly busy”

I woke up today feeling a little wobbly.  I probably throw the I Ching (the book of changes) a couple times a week on average – although some weeks I really seek its reflections. Today the I Ching suggested that I rest down and do 3 things: first, “Let go of everything.”  Second, “Make nothing.”Continue reading “Good advice from an insightful I Ching”