Archive for June, 2009

Blue turd on the window sill

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

A recent discovery at Monkey Valley inspired me to write this homage to John Denver: Blue turd on the counter makes me happy Blue turds in my bed can make me cry Blue turd means the mouse has found the poison Blue turd means the mouse is going to die I was very moved by ...

Drumming for the vision fast

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

I was interviewed this week on Vancouver's Co-op Radio (CFRO 102.7 FM) about the vision fast. The interview was for a radio show called Conscious Living. Listen to the interview to find out more about this thing called a vision fast. The interview concludes with a song for calling in ...

Singing in the sweat lodge

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

As I mentioned earlier, there were four rounds in the sweat lodge: The first round was for calling in the ancestors and spirits. The second round was for praying. The third round was for healing. And the final round was the “going home” round. At the beginning of each round, ...

Postscript to perfect pedicure: parking ticket!

Monday, June 1st, 2009

That about sums it up. The incident I mentioned earlier about the unsatisfactory pedicure had a reverberation through time, namely a $75 parking ticket. The appointment had run over the scheduled time (torture can be time consuming), and my parking had run out. Unbeknownst to me, because the ticket wasn't ...