EASTER and AFTER

Friday

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Several painters discussed which was their favorite Christ painting .  There were many examples, all very fine.  Dali's Crucifixion was mine.  It was hanging at the top of one of the staircases at the Metropolitan Museum when I first saw it decades ago.

It blew me away.

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My photo is only a screen capture-see better photo here:

 http://en.wikipedia.org/.../Crucifixion_%28Corpus...

Later I found this conversion, which echoes a recognizable Dali symbol as well as the theme of cyclical rebirth the Christ embodies.

 Saturday

Kids on a scavenger hunt spooking a friend at Trader Joe

They planned three more locations before finishing at a party

The Farmers Market

Plenty of Pansies

Sunday

The word "Easter" and most of the secular celebrations of the holiday evolved from pagan traditions. Anglo Saxons worshiped Eostre, the goddess of springtime and the return of the sun after the long winter. According to legend, Eostre once saved a bird whose wings had frozen during the winter by turning it into a rabbit. Because the rabbit had once been a bird, it could still lay eggs, and that rabbit became our Easter Bunny. Eggs were a symbol of fertility in part because they used to be so scarce during the winter. There are records of people giving decorated eggs at Easter as far back as the 11th century.

After breakfast, I tuned in to a really fine Sharon Salzberg session for an hour and a half at the computer with headset.  Forgot how I love her teaching. She summarizes how she came to the work too.  Saw her several times at Tibet house over the years, and first met when she did workshops with Krishna Das a decade + ago.   So, I meditated at the end with the video and felt quite clear.

http://www.sharonsalzberg.com/metta-practice-loving-kindness-video/

Supper
Baked Kugel made with rice and parmesian cheese,
Carrot salad, steamed Spinach, celery and olives

Apple Brown Betty

Monday
This poor pit bull is still missing!
Sugar is a 4yr old pit bull mix. She last was seen Monday, February 23rd
Please help us find her. #FindSugarNYC

Tuesday
Limousines in the neighborhood

Daffodils too

Wednesday
Zen Sitting

'Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.

After enlightenment chop wood, carry water."

Throwback Thursday
Nana Slater, Dads Mom
Circa late 1930s

List for a Story
I have a blog, a bed a bone to pick.
I have a camera, a collection of stones, a careening body aging fast.
I have a dear friend or three, a deepening practice, a decidedly theatrical bent.
I have an entertaining mind, an end in sight, a half dozen eggs.

Story now in final edit stage.

Friday

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