i am not one to be politically involved. once upon a time i was, but this was before i got a really good, deep look at the true nature of the system and how any nourishment of it in any way only sustains it. there are many who will (and have) condemned me for my current ‘hands off, no thought, no involvement’ choice, and i am comfortable with this as well as my choices. this said, i stumbled on a transcript of the recent press conference and for the first time in a very long while, wish to say something. […]

huzzah! the apartment is mine! i spent this day entire arranging logistics for the move, contacting service providers and updating accounts, and generally doing all the preliminary work to insure this move proceeds smoothly and without any hitches.

interesting things. a bank correction has been given me that results in an unexpected deposit. the thing is, i do not see any error in going back through my account. so i’m puzzled and uncertain about this funding.

i am lightly surprised to find i have no need to ‘finish’ this list. it is finished. the last three items are little more than redundancy.

today’s thought from the sangha comes from a woman who just died. a member of a sangha i have been blessed to know at distance. i am soon to be doubly blessed to know this sangha personally.

made the mistake of napping earlier, so here i am, pop-eyed at o’dark-thirty. heh.

i am listening to a recorded Dharma talk by H.E. Garchen Rinpoche on the bodhichitta teachings – generating loving-kindness and compassion. setting thoughts here…

this item, copied here from a post i made to an e-sangha. the particulars will remain unsaid. the message is a good one, regardless.

continuing in the wee hours, having awakened from a deep sleep ‘for no apparent reason’.

it’s barely 2 o’clock and i’ve already worn myself out for the day.