Signs Around Town
Tree
One of my favorite neighborhood trees. It had some English ivy that had started growing on the bottom. I pulled it off while getting a tree hug.
Found Exhortation?
The Power of Mantra (and “Alice’s Restaurant”)
Yesterday morning, on the listserv for the Friends Meeting of Washington, someone shared a link to the original recording of Arlo Guthrie singing “Alice’s Restaurant” as part of an email about Thanksgiving festivities. Usually, I scan listserv emails quickly and… (READ MORE)
Thanksgiving Day Yoga Practice to Benefit Oxfam (Web Version of Email Invitation)
Dear Friends, I hope this email finds you as well as possible under your personal circumstances. Here, up front, are the details for the Thanksgiving Day fundraiser. A longer story follows, if you want to scroll down and read it. … (READ MORE)
Still More Color (An Appreciation)
Today, when I was thinking about that for which I am most grateful and taking a lunchtime walk through the neighborhood, I decided that my persistent appreciation for beauty is worthy of the highest gratitude. The ability always to be… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation
Unless it is a bad idea, in which case choose not to make it happen and open yourself to a better possibility.
State of the Garden
Mint, winter savory, chard, tomatoes, lacinato kale, tat soi, marigolds, cilantro, curly-leafed kale, and assorted odds and ends from nightshade vegetable season picked today
State of the Garden (Front)
This tree was just up to the height of the porch roof when I first moved into this house. We have been growing together for quite some time.
Uma Washing
Uma the goddess combining tapas with sauca. See Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra II.32