On The Way (Tanya photo, 2009)The Way is not always smooth--but it is always beautiful and worthwhile.
Once found and followed, life becomes better and happier.
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Once found and followed, life becomes better and happier.
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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Zaccai and Al
Click on this photo to enjoy it--Tomasito photo, 2009Papier Mache and Art Production Class
Al, one of the old-timers in my papier mache and art class, works beside Zaccai, at nine, the youngest (and newest) person in the class. Al, who worked in Hollywood as a Prop Boy at the MGM Studio in the Golden Age of Movies, knew John Wayne, Judy Garland, and many of the great artists of that time--said he thought Zaccai had a lot of artistic talent.
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Monday, March 23, 2009
Swallowtail
Swallowtail Butterfly (Tomasito photo, 2009)This miracle was flitting around the wild mustard and radish we were gathering to cook for lunch and posed for this quick portrait.
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Friday, March 20, 2009
Deer Park Monastery 2
Tanya pats monastic dog at Deer Park Monastery. (Tomasito photo, 2009)
~Click on photo to enlarge~
This smiling old dog is everybody's friend at Deer Park Monastery--just as he should be.
The lovely monastery is lying gently on the landscape--hand made paths and gardens abound--and everywhere plants and birds thrive.
It is hard to believe that just a few minutes drive back down the narrow but paved access road the confusion of present-day California runs amok.
The lovely monastery is lying gently on the landscape--hand made paths and gardens abound--and everywhere plants and birds thrive.
It is hard to believe that just a few minutes drive back down the narrow but paved access road the confusion of present-day California runs amok.
Tomasito, 2009
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Thursday, March 19, 2009
Deer Park Monastery
Man and Monk at Deer Park Monastery. (Tomasito photo 2009)Deer Park Monastery
Today we drove over to Deer Park Monastery--which is located in a mountain valley just outside of Escondido, California.
A branch of Thich Nhat Hanh's Plum Village in France, Deer Park Monastery is quiet, peaceful and beautiful--just as you would wish it to be.
Mindfulness is the watchword of the order--even the speed bump which slows visitor's cars at the entrance is labeled "Mindful Speed Bump".
It is a very good place to be.
Tomasito, 2009
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Rain Puddles
Be as Calm as a Rock
Tomasito photo, 2009
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A rock in a rain puddle--Michelangelo's David.
Tomasito photo, 2009
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Agave Plant
Agave plant, Asistencia Santa Ysabel, CA. Tanya photo 2009
My second cousin, Chad, dropped by on his way to work on an island farm in Tennesee last evening. He recently spent some time at Plum Village, the meditation center and farm in France where Vietnamese Buddist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh lives and works.
He was carrying a lap-top with his photos of Plum Village--a nice selection of pictures which made the farm and the international group working there live for us.
It is good to see that a new generation of dedicated people are arriving--and especially good to see them from my own family!
I own one of Thich Nhat Hanh's books in paperback and I like to re-read it now and then. It is simple, direct and helpful. "Being Peace" is the title of the book. It is published by Parallax Press in Berkeley, CA.
Smile, Hanh says--it helps us all.
He was carrying a lap-top with his photos of Plum Village--a nice selection of pictures which made the farm and the international group working there live for us.
It is good to see that a new generation of dedicated people are arriving--and especially good to see them from my own family!
I own one of Thich Nhat Hanh's books in paperback and I like to re-read it now and then. It is simple, direct and helpful. "Being Peace" is the title of the book. It is published by Parallax Press in Berkeley, CA.
Smile, Hanh says--it helps us all.
Tomasito, 2009
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