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Enjoy This Sweet Moment
The dogwood’s red blush
Tells, on this bright hot dry day,
Of cold storms coming.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
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Found Exhortation
On the way home from Willow Street Yoga Center after a work shop with Maria Christina Jimenez.
Sadhana
This morning at the Supreme Court of the United States. I have been getting better about engaging in difficult conversations. This is a straightforward point to make: “relief first.”
Flu Shot
I woke up woozy and sore this morning and went back to sleep for about 45 minutes after I was done with my morning practice. Although it is atypical for me to need more sleep after I have practiced, I knew that I was not sick. I was just experiencing side effects from the flu shot.
I have only gotten the flu shot once before. The side effects felt like I had the flu (albeit a mild case), and I got the flu any way that year. As I haven’t gotten the flu in the past several years, I have not gotten the shot in subsequent years. (Note: The vaccine has been very effective 17 of the past 25 years, and not particularly effective for three of the other years. It was suggested to me that I should not continue basing my decision on having, by coincidence, only gotten the shot during one of the ineffective years–2003-2005).
I was strongly advised to get the flu shot this year as a precaution for the trip to India. The plane travel, regardless of how much healthy living I do otherwise, will both tax my immune system and put me in contact with a host of viruses, etc. Also, and perhaps more important, I know I will be visiting loved ones in the hospital this flu season. Going through a little discomfort now is worth it to minimize the risk to those I will be visiting.
Have you gotten your flu shot?
Below: Workers line up to get the flu shot at the Health Unit.
Peace and light, E — Posted with WordPress for BlackBerry.
Did you ever take photography classes? Your composition and framing is strong. I’m amazed at the images you’ve gotten from what looks like just a cell phone camera.
I’m curious to know what you’d produce with something a bit more high fidelity. The reason I mention this is that someone from Meeting got in touch with me yesterday. She wants to use the picture of the rose garden you took outside the Meetinghouse. As you’ll recall, it became a prominent and beautiful part of the postcards now mailed out to visitors.
Thanks for your contributions, as always.