In Whatever Form in Everyday Ramblings

Belated Happy Easter!

Although we had rain and sun and wind and hail and big dramatic skies it has been a lovely day. I saw a family of lesser scaups, a small black and white diving duck, Aythya affinis, on the river down by Oregon City as I was passing by on the train.

I was all teched out for my travel time today with my matched audio book and Kindle pair of a very good version of the Bhagavad Gita, my Bluetooth headphones and my Kitty Collector game and a whole bunch of podcasts.

It was wonderful after taking the same route seeing flooded fields and winter vistas a few times recently to see new growth and the trees beginning to leaf out.

Hopeful.

I wrote a poem about this, once I went hiking with Angel Boy at Point Reyes on Easter, first time we were allowed on the trails that year after a terrible fire and amidst the starkness around the black twisted stumps of the trees there was new growth everywhere, and to my astonishment and delight a wild bunny or two as well.

As I was walking home from the train station this evening I was listening to a lecture about early Irish mythology. I am very much enjoying these lectures, first on Greek, then Roman and now Irish mythology.

The Gita teacher went off on a weird tangent (no surprise there) this week and started talking about the labors of Hercules and I was like, Ha! I know exactly what he is talking about.

And as I mentioned in an earlier post, Hope was indeed stuck in the lid of Pandora’s box.

I have been thinking a lot about hope this week. Teaching a meditation about it in my classes.

There is a headline in the Sunday Review section of The New York Times today that says, “Je Suis Sick of This”.

I concur and I don’t live in France or Belgium or Pakistan.

After all the bad news is was lovely to spend the day with Kes and Most Honorable. Kes is feeling much better than she has been and it is so good to see here breathing normally (or as close to it as a person can in peak allergy season, her car is covered in pollen).

They say there is a prospect, a possibility, the potential and we are all crossing our fingers that it may, don’t hold your breath, actually stop raining for a week or so!

It is going to be a busy week and that would be such a huge relief.

With so much sadness and difficulty in our troubled world my wish is that your Easter was comfortably abundant and full of beloveds in whatever form they come in.

Last updated March 27, 2016