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Musical Cat

Poetry and my poem

Celebration of a Life Well Lived

Our mentor, the one who started the Saturday Morning Exercise and Eating Group, passed away last week. He is missed terribly.

Hey,hey!

Hearings

The best Fish Place

Newman's has good take-out fish. Yesterday we had the special, fried oysters with extra fish plus coleslaw and no French fries, all for about $7 which was a delicious dinner for the two of us. The wisteria is awesome now.

Mother Love

I love this picture.

In Front of the New Chinese Restaurant

The place was too crowded, even though we had reservations, and too too noisy.

Here I am on YouTube

For an invitation to read your favorite poem go to: http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?p=804FF2C19E85AA13

You can respond if you care to.
You can hear me read my poem if you search for idlinfarm in the search space.

Simply amazing! The connections!

Mindfulness

Mindfulness meditation is about coming into a relationship with ourselves and the world as they actually are rather than how we would like them to be. In our meditation practice this is expressed as a willingness to work with whatever is, whatever presents itself. All the experiences of our life are brought into the mediation and there is no attempt to alter or change them in any way. In this type of meditation practice there is no seeking after another state of being, no attempt to superimpose an elevated image or to distract ourself and no running away from or avoiding the incessant ups and downs of life. The mindfulness meditation tradition is the ultimate "no-frills" method.

quote-----from Meditation & Relaxation in Plain English by Bob Sharples

Christmas Cactus blooming

On the third floor in the hall we have this breath-takingly beautiful boom, thanks to the green thumb of a woman here who does wonders with the plants.

Bach is back

Bach, the mascot at the 5th St. Mkt., has returned, this time he is enclosed in a pen.

That's us

I love this sign in the UK. We should have them here.

Libby's awesome camelia bush

I finally was able to see the flowers that Libby wanted me to see last week. It is a lovely bush, some of the flowers fading now, as is the wont of flowers.

Eugene Symphony

Last evening at the Hult Performance Center the orchestra gets ready to play the Shostakovich.

Tulips are out

The flowers are bursting out all over. It is warm today and threatens rain. Good for the gardens.

Eugene Peace Rally

We were glad to be here. It was stirring and well planned. I especially liked hearing Lieutenant Watada speak, the first commissioned officer to refuse to be re-deployed to Iraq and is hence being court marshalled. He was articulate and passionate, a strong man.

Daffodils at the library

Evidence of spring is all over the place here. Pink blossomed trees on Charnelton, primroses in the gardens and pansies in the planters on the mall. There was rain in the morning but warm sun in the afternoon.

The River

"I think the river is a strong brown god------" T.S. Eliot