If a tree falls in the forest, and nobody is there to hear it....

PSA I love the library. It is so magical, I hardly understand how stores exist with books in them.

Browsed through a browsable book: Buddha in Blue Jeans

"Listening to others affirms them, blesses them, connects you to them, and harmonizes you with them. Listen without an agenda. Listen without expectations. Listen to the words. Listen to the experience behind the words. Listen to body postures and expressions. Listen to emotional tone. Listen without taking it personally. Listening gets you out of your self centered camp. Listening is kindness. Enjoy listening to others. You will learn this through sitting quietly."

I'm trying to listen as much as I can before a momentously transitional summer. I'm moving from California to Texas by August! I'll spend my summer involved in lovely weddings and in my second home (maybe it's become my first)-the redwoods for my 11th summer at music camp.

This means EVERYTHING MUST GO by May 28th-ish....

Segue to other literary droplets...

Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

"In the woods we return to reason and faith. There I feel that nothing can befall me in life-no disgrace, no calamity...which nature cannot repair. Standing on the bare ground, my head bathed by the blithe air, and uplifted into infinite space, -all mean egotism vanishes."

I'm excited to see what the forest has to tell me this year.

I'm stunned by the extra minutes I squeeze from my day if rested enough. I waste time periodically on account of my phone or the internet; addicted to the belief that I will be thoroughly entertained by a friend/family member/ article/meme. Most of the time I am just wasting it...what I really need in those moments is rest because I'm too lazy to do something meaningful. Often times great texts/emails are received when you've walked away and engaged with something else!

I've been on a 3 day crafting binge. Jewelry, party favors, decorations, notions. The living room looks like a Joann's craft store was shot out of a hot dog cannon. Add unfolded laundry and a sprinkling of instruments, sheet music....and just avoid the kitchen completely. Actually the bathroom's pretty sick, too.

Reached 15 days in a row of meditation (I first typed medication, but that's not true)!  I'm glad I started this practice when I did because I could be overwhelmed by life right now. The bottom line is everything I am experiencing is joyous. I got everything I asked for.

I don't want to become a shitty Cathy cartoon, all caught up in shutting down power/30 day notices/selling things. There is so much to savor while I can.

Today I learned how to make mayonnaise. I steamed an artichoke, sat in the front yard, enjoyed the weather and listened to an otherwise restrained neighbor lose his mind watching the Clippers game!

Handstand progress, I'm UP! But then my ass pulls me to the floor, gravity check! I keep trying :)