Wonderful, Heart Warming Movies

I have been watching a new genre of movies recently with my girlfriend.  It has been fun to see these creative and outside the box types of films.  I’m not sure if all these movies fit in the same genre, but they are definitely worth watching!  Plus all of these movies are suitable for anyContinue reading “Wonderful, Heart Warming Movies”

Random acts of spontaneous compassion

In case you are new here, I am attempting to blog every day for a month.  I think this plan will actually end up as 30 posts – some random, some insightful, some moaning and groaning…  Maybe it will take me 45 days to accomplish this, we shall see. In this post, I want toContinue reading “Random acts of spontaneous compassion”

Svaroopa Yoga

In this post, I will mention a teeny tiny bit about Svaroopa Yoga.  I was first introduced to this gentle and supportive form of yoga about seven years ago.  I was fortunate that the teacher lived in my neighborhood and she offered an early morning class just a few blocks away.  Else I might notContinue reading “Svaroopa Yoga”

Dixie Lee Peas, further info on the farm

I just wrote the first post in this series yesterday and in it I described the way in which I drove out of a small but cosmopolitan city into the country, and then I drove back in time to visit my friend Simon, the old-timer farmer. I asked him about the barns behind his house,Continue reading “Dixie Lee Peas, further info on the farm”

Dixie Lee Peas, the adventure begins

My friend called me last week to say that our mutual friend, the extraordinarily generous old-timer farmer, had some bush beans, cress salad greens and tomatoes for her and that I could share in the haul if I did the picking. So of course I said, “Sure!” Keep in mind that this mutual farmer friendContinue reading “Dixie Lee Peas, the adventure begins”

Spring 2014 update & crystal healing beds

Hello dear readers, I have not been posting much recently because I have been working several part time jobs (at the same time).  I am still waiting tables at a nice golf and tennis resort in town.  Plus I have been helping a friend build a large deck on his house for a few weeks.Continue reading “Spring 2014 update & crystal healing beds”

Attending Garchen Rinpoche, April 2014

A few things I learned after attending a full weekend empowerment with a sublime master… I got to renew refuge and bodhisattva vows with Garchen Rinpoche, which is also so very precious.  There is a story that when Rinpoche left Tibet for the first time in 1980, when he was in the Dalai Lama’s presence,Continue reading “Attending Garchen Rinpoche, April 2014”