RealityPivots

John O'Donohue in The Sun, April 2007

"Yes, most things that are true and lasting have a symmetry between inside and out. Your outward relationship toward your beloved, if it is not mirrored internally by a loving relationship with yourself, is reduced and limited. You end up scraping from him or her what you are not giving yourself. But if you are nourished at your own table, you do not need so desperately to be fed by someone else; consequently, you can be free and open with that person." ... "There is an unseen life that dreams us: it knows our true direction and destiny. We can trust ourselves more than we realize, and we need have no fear of change."

'Tomorrow' by David Budbill from While We've Still Got Feet: New Poems

Tomorrow
we are
bones and ash,
the roots of weeds
poking through
our skulls.

Today,
simple clothes,
empty mind,
full stomach,
alive, aware,
right here,
right now.

Drunk on music,
who needs wine?

Come on,
Sweetheart,
let's go dancing
while we've still
got feet.

Epigraph at the beginning of The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

Para mi solo recorrer los caminos qe tienen corazon, cualquier camino que tenga corazon. Por ahi yo recorro, y la unica prueba que vale es atravesar todo su largo. Y por ahi yo recorro mirando, mirando, sin aliento. (For me there is only the traveling on paths that have heart, on any path that may have heart. There I travel, and the only worthwhile challenge is to traverse its full length. And there I travel looking, looking, breathlessly.) –Don Juan

A shed is born

August 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Post and beam construction is fast fun once the posts are in. Everything else just gets tacked on.

From Bathing green…

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Milonga de los Bravos, August 3

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Another beautiful Sunday afternoon in Shedville spent dancing tango.

From Milonga de lo…

From left, Gary, Kindy, Daryl, Annie, Susan, and Cappy.
Then I was put in the picture and they teased me.

From Milonga de lo…

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Whew!

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

What a pain. The blog went blank for about a week. Did you miss me? It was the old .htaccess snag. I learned a lot in the process but I’d prefer not.
Whew!

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Axing for it

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

While I’m considering design options — life and Bathing Shed — I’m working on splitting up the winter wood supply.

From Winter wood

I like splitting wood and so does Lisa. I broke my last axe handle the other day. I like the double bitted axe but Lisa likes a single, so I bought two handles and fixed one for each. Can a shed girl ask for more?

From Winter wood

I’m even going to leave her some wood to split when she returns from her trip. Magnanimous, that’s me.

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Now what?

July 25th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m letting some creative tension build. I’ve got at least two desirable alternatives facing me and I’m waiting to see which wins. Stay in Shedville for the winter and build my Bathing Shed?

From Bathing Shed …

Or run off to Buenos Aires?
In order to do further work on the Bathing Shed I’ll have to buy more lumber. I’ve sketched in some basics here with the lumber on hand. I love post and beam construction because you can hang any design on the posts. In this case I’ve got 19 - 2′ x 5′ double pane windows I can frame in.
Buying the lumber would eliminate my piddling savings and the idea of traveling to BA soon. It makes much more sense to wait until April for a trip to BA. I have the idea of staying longer than 3 months next time and I don’t want to be there for the summer. I am not a heat and humidity type of guy. So April to November next year? The first Social Security check has appeared in my checking account so I can look forward to some income — also piddling — on a permanent basis.
Shedville has its attractions. The garden is resurgent under new management.

From Garden July 2…

The only thing missing is a passionate Tango life.

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?

Robert Browning, (line 97 from Andrea del Sarto, 1855)

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Dancing on the sidewalk

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

John, newly minted tanguero and the proprietor of the the Palace Hotel has added a new venue to tango in PT — the sidewalk. He arranged for local bandoneon player Mimi Henley and Janeen Bramwell, flute and bandoneon, to play recently.