My Zen Den

Most mornings, I take a walk at the bird sanctuary acroos the street from where we live. They have a beautiful trail that weaves through many different types of tall grasses with intermittant blooms of flowers (depending on the season). The path goes for about 2 or 3 miles and along the way there are several small benches. Normally, I don't take any breaks during my walk, as my intention is to work up a good sweat and call it my exercise for the day. But today, my cell phone started ringing and I saw that my daughter was trying to Skype me. Since she is living in Spain this year (teaching English) and I look forward to her calls, I answered. Rather then walk and talk, I sat down on one of the benches along the way. As I was talking to my daughter, my eye caught site of a shiny object on the corner of the  bench. On the bench sat this shiny, white, flat rock and, written in pink marker was the following: "You already know."  Further down the trail, I found another rock....

It was over 90 degrees today.........sunny and muggy. We spent a couple hours floating in the pool w/ cigars........only wanting to appreciate the here and now. Soon enough the leaves will begin to fall and it will be time to close our pool for the winter. Rosie is getting ready to leave for Spain on Sunday. She will be teaching there in Malaga (Southern Spain) until next June. I really can't spend too much time thinking about her leaving because the tears start............eventhough I am happy for her and know she will be in a good place. It just seems like such a long time. I hope that we can visit her after the Holidays but, everything rests on us being able to save enough money for the trip.

Less anxiety in life has a direct effect on your blood pressure. Lower blood pressure will have a major effect on your heart, lungs, and brain. This all adds to the fact that Nuns will see many more years then t

Jeff and I looked forward all week to watching the Perseus Meteor Shower. At 11:00 p.m., we took our pillows and blankets out on the driveway. We each poured ourselves a glass of whiskey and stretched out on the driveway and looked skyward. While in our wildest imagination we could close our eyes and see "what we hoped for", we ended up seeing five or six flashes of light........just like a shooting star which ended up being "what we got". Still, it was a wonderfully mystical experience and as we laid there we wondered where it all began and marvelled at our insignificant place in this Universe. What we hoped for............what we got.

Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd tow'rs, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep. The Tempest Act 4, scene 1, 148–158