TUESDAY NIGHT ON THE TOWN

Boarded the 1st Avenue bus

 Debarked at the United Nations

 Waited for the Cross town bus West

 Arrived for Free Event at Town Hall

123 West 43rd Street

NYC

Dada J.P Vaswami with Krishna Das and Friends

(See two Links)

They gave us snacks upon entry!

I started watching from the balcony.

and moved downstairs to the front row
for the last chant.

"Jaya Bhagavan"

https://youtu.be/_oOz8tX46wY
 ~*~

Afterward at Bryant Park

 People play free ping pong
until the park closes

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Walking toward home, I encountered a demonstration for the Panchen Lama: Gedhun Choekyi Nyima was recognized by the 14th Dalai Lama on 14 May 1995.  He vanished from the public eye shortly after being named at aged six. It has been claimed that he had been taken into protective custody from those that would spirit him into exile and is now held in captivity against the wishes of the Tibetan people.

(see Link)

~*~

May all beings be happy

May all beings be free from suffering

May all beings live with ease of heart

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Links

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dada_Vaswani

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna_Das_%28singer%29

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panchen_Lama

VISUAL DAYS

Monday
Malla

Native New Yorker

Day flower

Pyrecanthus  

 Voted by absentee ballot downtown at

The Board of Elections since I'll be away for the Primary

The modest bloom of a

Peace Lilly at my front window

 Exot hand dyed indigo hankie pinned to the kitchen curtain

Isn't it lovely

Tuesday

State University of New York

four hour Optometry appointment

Entertaining charts at the eye clinic

Close up on the butterfly

The corneal lens

One of many measurement devices

Maple leaves look out onto Bryant park

from the waiting room

The Main Library Branch at 42nd Street

 

Elephant ears, Ivy, Caladium and Begonia

in many, many ornate planters

William Cullen Bryant

1794-1878

Presides over the park behind the library

"Yet let no empty gust of passion find an utterance in thy lay,

a blast that whirls the dust along the howling street and dies away;

but feelings of calm power and mighty sweep

be currents journeying through the windy deep."

+

Three Dimensional Hopper Painting recreated

in the display window of the flatiron building

23rd Street and Fifth Avenue

Exotic beauty ahead of me,

and I'm almost home

Wednesday

Coreopsis and

(forgot the name of the other)

Blue black sage

The bees love it, and I love them

Sky above the church at 6 o'clock

(seen through my new protective sunglasses) 

(Without them)

Though I spun my wheels dutifully, little got done.

Made two pints of blueberry jam without sugar-using powdered pectin, cleaned the fridge and started packing for my trip.

TV

Remembering freedom marches makes me weep

Kouala bears losing habitat makes me weep

I'm having a fine cleansing weep tonight

Thursday

The sky is luminous today

exhibiting diverse options

I'm headed up to Massachusetts tomorrow morning missing schools starting up with new neighbors flooding  the streets, and another 9/11 memorial

Yahey-Hey-Ha-Ha-Ha-Hey

No Internet, enough cats for many laps, good friends, fine food, sky full of stars, avian and cricket song.

Sweet Surrender

I've scheduled a post or two to drop in.

See you September 13th