At Disneyland. Yes. # Roof top lunch in Santa Monica. # Caitlin: a good life skill is to take every opportunity to look at babies. # http://yfrog.com/gyacennj new moon, sunset in the desert at an empty and cheap resort in Palm Springs CA. Ty priceline! # Last night the katabatic wind coated the car in a fine layer of dust. Today the desert is bright and clear. #
At the end of a week in california with the family, capped off by some short hikes and a rock balancing session in Joshua Tree National Park. Beautiful, but disturbing. This photo is of a rock balanced at 4800 feet overlooking the Coachella Valley which is filled with smog that blows in from the Los Angeles basin. A little bit of balance restored.
Such a clean, clearing, steady wind this morning drying everything and freshening the tops of the firs. Not a wren to be seen! # Gomes manages to play goal like a bumblebee manages to fly: it violates the laws of physics but it seems to work. #coys # Bowen Islanders…make a NewYears resolution to learn some of the local Skw language: http://bit.ly/hGCVAJ @squamishlang # After screen of storms with wind and rain it would be fair to say that the morning appears "relaxed." # Winter morning http://post.ly/1OrT9 # Another calm carnelian colored dawn http://yfrog.com/h0f63dnj #
I continue to learn about the effect of the feminine. Today I was walking with friends by Bridal Falls on Bowen Island where I live and we stopped at the waterfall to reflect on the nature of flow. This standing wave caught our attention and it immediately drew me into thoughts on the complementarity of the masculine and feminine. For a long time I have been a student of the Tao, understanding the relationship between yang and yin. In Taoist thought, these two conditions exist in everything and are in constant and dynamic relationship. Yang is usually thought of as …
Cold rain down low, cold snow up high, cold yellow sun in a cold grey sky. # Just returned from a lovely memorial for my colleague John McBride. Plenty of music and great stories enjoyed by 200 good folks. Sweet life. # Purple sunrise and a string Squamish this morning could mean snow later today. # Video of today's howling Squamish. http://www.flickr.com/photos/31354844@N00/5277832927 # The shortest day dawns. This long waning ends. An obscured fullness arises. Two weeks to reflect and then surge towards light. Celebrate!!! # The rush of wind in the trees Is the fear I cannot reach It …