Yet another move is ahead of me, and this one I’m doing solo. This move is free of trucks, boxes, tape, food, work, books and music. Thank goodness. It’s free of all of the stuff that clutters my life and distracts me from living life itself. It’s free of complex thought and free [...]
Archive for the ‘Idleness’ Category
15 Dec
snowpocalypse.
Yesterday we had a snow day. A 100% snowed-in-and-can’t-go-anywhere day. Major highways, schools, business, and public services were all closed. (I wonder if the soup kitchen managed to open). This isn’t the first snow day of the season. We had 3 “snow days” last week and 2 this week where buses weren’t running and people [...]
4 Oct
thought bubbles: A glimpse into the Internal Dialogue of a Thinker
I observe my mother like our cat watches the automatic vacuum cleaner that my parents own. Completely detached and curious, yet slightly frightened and confused. Why is it bouncing from one wall to the other, disturbing everything in its path just to reach the wall and bounce off again, on another linear path. It’s not [...]
16 Jul
Week #2 in the Ashram…
These are my lessons from the second week of life in an Ashram in the Sivananda Teacher Training Course in Val Morin, Quebec: The World Cup squeezed it’s way through the gates of the Ashram and instead of our 2-4pm lecture on the 4 Paths of Yoga, we ate popcorn and watched the final game! [...]
17 May
Better Than YouTube
This is a live feed of a webcam perched on a Bald Eagle’s nest in BC with a new chick! At least every 20 minutes of my day today I have thought, “I wonder what the eagles are doing” and eagerly clicked on the tabbed page in my browser and refreshed the feed. It’s so [...]
7 Apr
Are you ever alone and Should you be?
I wondered how often dog owners are alone. Or have their consciousnesses adapted to include the dog
I wonder if it is better or worse to have a constant companion always in your presence. This could be a dog, a partner or a child.
And I wonder how often mothers are alone.
Like, really alone. Where no one knows where you are, no one is expecting you, you’re not responsible for anything, you’re not concerned about the time and you’re able to think very deeply, naturally and without interruptions, forever if you felt like it. Sounds like you’d be in a vacuum doesn’t it.
