kids, candy, and sharing

perhaps the real struggle is not the sharing. sharing is easy, really. easier when it’s something given just to see another smile. ever notice that? when i give a five year old a quarter at the laundromat… unexpectedly… as a stranger… their eyes light up and they run and tell their mother and i can hear five year old enthusiasm, ‘MOMMA! CAN I GET A PIECE OF BUBBLEGUM!?!’ and it makes me smile. sometimes… when i’m trying to share something important to me, something that matters to me, something that serious affects my world view and how i feel in […]

dandelion and dendrite

dandelion-and-dendrite-011807.mp3 (a delicious mix courtesy of good friend and artist, ‘just’ available here: www.splicemusic.com ) dancing in the meadow misty morning mauves and lingering twilight twinkling the dandelion spun, run, won the race with a dew drop to the edge of the leaf hovering upon the tip quiver, shiver, sliver of moisture falling only to be caught by pyrite dendritic glistening radiant spike clipped, slipped, tumbling fragrant hair fanned wide seeds releasing bliss upon new breezes fool’s gold glimmer in the still, silent morn’ stoic mineral murmurs earthbound farewells as feathery, wafting, swirling, spinning dandelion dervishes, begin from ending spread […]

afternoon delight 02

wowsah. you know, one of the coolest things about Buddhism is how it is literally reshaping my perspectives on people. i had not realize what a cynic i’d become until i started meeting people and having ‘all this Buddhism’ show me in some pretty interesting ways how others are delightful, precious, amazing, and utterly beautiful beings.