Archive for August, 2009

Returning from the retreat: innocence, security, anger, and a good burger

Sunday, August 30th, 2009

As I mentioned previously, I just returned from the Diamond Approach 10-day summer retreat in California, and I’d like to share some of the learnings from that, because they tie in with the summer part of the wheel. Summer is the time of childhood innocence. In fact, Bill Plotkin writes ...

Final post-script: Another perfect pedicure

Friday, August 28th, 2009

I wrote previously about Conflict resolution and perfect pedicures, and I want to let you know how that story turned out. I recently went to the 10-day Diamond Approach summer retreat in California, and before flying south I returned to the spa where I had experienced the traumatic, injury-producing pedicure. True ...

Madame Moose strides again

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

On a run at Monkey Valley recently, a magical thing happened. I was running up the road, and saw a magnificent female moose in the meadow beside the road. She saw me too, we looked at each other for a little, and then she moved away up the hill. I felt awe ...

Black bear safe from exhaust fumes

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Good news! I wrote previously about the trail expansion on the Twin Bridges trail and my concern that regular vehicle traffic would be permitted on my favourite running trail, disturbing a magical pocket of wilderness and the creatures who live there, including the black bear I spotted on my run ...

A further meditation on impermanence

Saturday, August 8th, 2009

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Red hot summer

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

Summer is here and it's a hot one. At least in BC and the Pacific Northwestern states. I've previously written about the Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters of the wheel of the year, and now it's time to take a look at summer. Summer is in the south quarter of the wheel, ...