Surroundings 1 comment
Sometimes it’s when I’m in the dirtiest, grittiest places that I get really in touch with living life. I think that’s why, if I am going to live in a city, I usually seek out gritty neighborhoods. My current digs in Berkeley are really too nice. But my current housesit is in the gritty and very dirty barrio of the SF Mission District, which I happen to love. This place makes me feel alive.
The only thing missing is an organic produce vendor.
Soulful and Sacred Travel no comments
After hearing a presentation given by Phil Cousineau at Book Passage in Corte Madera the other night on the subject of The Art of Pilgrimage, I started blogging my own ‘deep’ thoughts about travel. Something that is not new to me, but I usually write about an individual place as a sacred spot, rather than as the journey being sacred.
Anyway, Cousineau acted as a trigger for this, for which I am grateful and here are the links to the two posts I’ve done so far:
Healthcare … no comments
How do you feel about it?
For some reason I assume that if someone takes on the cape of Buddhism, they would be for Universal Healthcare. It’s the compassionate thing to do. I don’t like hearing about someone else’s pain due to a corporation’s greed. It’s like one of my Canadian acquaintances said on twitter:
The biggest benefit of our system is that you don’t have to think about it. Sick or hurt, just go and get fixed up. [also] compare it to the zero Canadians with no debt due to health care. Your country is kind of fucked up that way.
Yes, I think so too.
So how do you feel about healthcare in the US? I’d love to hear everyone’s POV.
Weekend Highlight … no comments
Here was the highlight of my weekend:
This is a photograph of only part of it. It was a full double rainbow. It was very brilliant. The second rainbow was faint but if I looked really hard, I could see the whole thing. Neighbors stopped in their tracks while walking their dogs. I looked out my window in amazement at the rain falling in July and saw this. I was already in my PJs but put on my flip-flops to go take a few photos!
It was quite beautiful and made everyone who looked at it very happy!