Archive for May, 2010

Your one wild and precious life

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? - Mary Oliver, 1992 Do you ever wonder what you're doing with your life, and whether it is truly fulfilling your deepest joy, your purpose here, right now, on this earth, in this lifetime? Do you ever ...

Rites of spring and a tramp through the woods

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Last November I closed up the house at Monkey Valley for the winter, and crossed my fingers that the place and plumbing would fare well. Last weekend my sister and I went to Monkey Valley to open up the house for the spring. I was delighted to discover that there ...

The Vancouver half-marathon, irritation, and relief from suffering

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Followers of this blog might be wondering how the Vancouver half-marathon went, after my previous entries about the preparations and learnings along the way. The race itself occurred during a 4-day Diamond Approach Vancouver weekend that I was attending, which meant that I was in the "field of the teaching" ...