NOW ITS ON TO FRISCO

And let' s win there


happy face

HALF TIME OBSERVATIONS

(it aint over till its over yogi) ((go giants go giants...))

southwest airlines- no bag fees.
instead of x-raying our unspeakables-how aboot pay what you weigh
weigh us and our baggage

so much per pound
(we sell meat and cheese that way)

Pay what you weigh

(carry your own weight)

PS:this is one of those moments when people laugh

and

i am being serious

(the gospel according too...)

gotta go

2nd half

gotta see a bunch of white guys try to protect the manager from an angry mob of nons

(sport-the metaphor for life as we misunderstand it)

see you in san francisco...

{wishful hopeful forward wishing...

(pabloshouse)

;-)

OLD MAN WINTER ARRIVED

Finally. To rear his ugly, cold breath.

i was prepared.

news & weather channel 12

streaming radar

i repeat

i was prepared...

hand-warmers (from MOM)

a face-mask and a gel seat from (LES)

gortex from (DaDoo)

a hoodie and gloves from (Queen Elizabeth)

i approached the day...

(darn i wish i still had the sweater that NANA knited)

i was warm as i i got on the wheels

wrapped in the LOVE of my family.

PS: Thank You

&


Gracias


much love to all


#3

PSS: and my bike is lit up like a christmas tree

(i presume that some folk find me "odd")

ha ha

(and loving it...)

:)

TALK SOFTLY AND CARRY A WALKING STICK

i encountered a person today with her 4 children along. 16 thru 7 or 8
(i am bad aboot guessing ages- i have little experience)

After much deliberation over product choice and consternation to kids to "knock it off"

(they were -knocking all the signs off their stands)

:( (frowns me)

Mom- ripped 4 instant coupons off the packages and proceeded to the check-out.

(i carry a walking stick)

{My own MOM may want to stop reading right now- i ask Her to read on}

{{as i write on}}

i approached the center "podium" where the "front end dept. head" presides.

"what's up?"

"the people behind you 2nd in line are ripping off coupons"

his steel pierced raised eyebrows convinced me to take matters into my own hands.

(are they really? our own hands! aren't we a product of our experiences?

when in doubt i think-"what would POPA do?")

she handed the cashier 4 coupons as she placed her purchases on the belt.

i entered from the exit side.

(i spoke softly)

"i do not want to shame you in front of your children. Let's play a game of "match up the coupons"

"this one goes here and this one goes there-where do these two go?"

"i was going to apply them to the hamburgers"

"but, they were attached to others
of which you know you removed"

(i repeat, i spoke softly)

to the oldest-she said

"go get the other burgers"

to me-she said


"i'm sorry"

"me too

for

you are supposed to be an example

for your kids"

PS: talk softly and carry a walking stick

PSS: (Thank you alexander t. nelson)

PSSS: ever becoming (DarMa)

:)

aren't i funny?

trying to bring levity

into this world...

(c plus going on b minus)

ha ha

i'll keep trying)

PS: i know

i have been non-communicative thru e-mail and cell these last few days

besides work, sports, and charlie rose i have been engaged

in meditation...

(damn that ryan-He got me Thinking....)

ha ha

(love you)

val sent me his favorite yogi last month

"uncertainty"

he asked his fellows

"please do not die these next few days as we go thru our annual meditation period."

"that will so interrupt the schedule"

PS: a monk with a sense of humour

(remember fr. keane)

st. patrick's

sermon's delivered

with the humour of a present day

stephen colbert

PS: worth the price tossed into the collection plate

NO APOLOGIES

(mr cobain)

i will return from the metaphysical world

promptly


after this...

PS: no, not a word from our sponsors, mr. hitchcock

NIGHT RAIN

Before he went to live in the mountains, Zen master Ranryo traveled throughout the four quarters, making no distinction between court and countryside,city and village,not avoiding even wineshops and brothels.

When someone asked him why he acted this way, the Zen master said,

"my way is right there,wherever i happen to be. There is no gap at all."


Later,Renryo went into the mountains, where he built a simple hut and lived a life of frugal austerity as he continued to work on Zen.

Especially fond of night rain, Ranryo would burn incense and sit up on rainy nights, even until dawn. The people of the mountain villages, not knowing his name, named him "the Night Rain Monk" This amused him, so he began to use Night Rain as his literary name.

Once a visitor asked about the relative merits of Zen meditation and the Pure Land Buddhist practice of Buddha remembrance, reciting the name of the Buddha of Infinite Light. Ranyro gave his answer in verse:

Zen meditation and Buddha-remembrance
are like two mountains
Higher and lower potentials
divide a single world
When they arrive, all alike
see the moon upon the peak,
only pity those who have no faith
and suffer over the climb.


PS: a Zen Anecdote

from 'the little book of Zen"

haiku

koans


sayings

(pabloshouse)