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Long Island railroad, subway full of bikes and babes. Day of mindfulness. I experience stillness in body, stillness in mind

Bright morning, cool air. My day is about to start when I hear the scream of a creature caught in death. A bird sings the funeral dirge.

Pushed up piles of ice gather at the water’s edge Seemingly random Like the leavings of glaciers greeting the coming of spring

Here is a guest blog from Margie Allen. One Saturday morning after Linda had recovered enough from her double mastectomy surgery to try some outings, she and Matt and I happened on the Nesconset farmer’s market. We ended up in line for the cashier—Matt, me and Linda behind me—all of us holding an armful of…

Equanimity: Balance During the Buddha’s lifetime, more than 2500 years ago, Hindus prayed that after death they would go to heaven to dwell eternally with Brahma, the universal god. Brahma was understood to be the source of love and in order to dwell with this god, Hindus had to practice the Brahma abodes, or the…

Adventures on the ferry Venturing beyond the Port Jefferson ferry, I drove to Orient Point to take that crossing of the sound. I figured it would break up my driving time and I love the North Fork. So here I am on a boat that holds a maximum of 80 people, on a rainy day…

— I have apparently reached the age and/or appearance when people give their seats to me on the NY subway. A mixed blessing. — We have peonies this year! This is a silver lining thing from the hurricane. We lost a tree in the front yard and its absence gives more light to the peony…

Peru is known for Alpaca — sweaters, hats, scarves. Baby alpaca is most soft, softer than soft. We learned that the places to find beautiful Peruvian work were often in small villages where the people wove and knit themselves. High end stores also had alpaca, albeit expensive.

Hats have a symbolic function in that they tell you about the person wearing them. A hat will tell you, for instance, whether a man is married or single. A woman’s braids communicate the same. In some areas women wear fedoras, a European influence. Other hats are regional indicators.