WE GO ON

Dancing Shoes

(thrift shopped comfort)

Lyrics
So much going on out there
Leaves us hanging in the air
And it's all that we can do
To face each day and see it through
Life's a dance
Put on your dancing shoes, take a chance
You can't shut your eyes to pain
Faces crying in the rain
You can't keep it all inside
You need some way to let it ride
Life's a dance
Put on your dancing shoes, take a chance
When you're all over
When you know you've done all that you can do
Put on your dancing shoes
It'll see you through
Voices shouting in the street
Life lived to a ragged beat
Someone's world is tumbling down
Who's the saint and who's the clown?
Life's a dance
Put on your dancing shoes, take a chance
When you're all over
When you know you've done all that you can do
Put on your dancing shoes
It'll see you through
When time is flying
When you know there's no end to these modern blues
Put on your dancing shoes
It'll see you through
Life's a dance
Put on your dancing shoes, take a chance
When you're all over
When you know you've done all that you can do
Put on your dancing shoes
It'll see you through
When time is flying
When you know there's no end to these modern blues
Put on your dancing shoes
It'll see you throughKeep on dancing
Keep on dancing
Keep on dancing

 ~*~

 January Second
5:00

Dharma Visit

 

 Formal Pose

6:00 to 8:00

Zen Meditation

Amaryllis for Compassion

 ~*~

January Third

Morning Sky

A 'Taking Care of Business' Day
 Bill paying, Package wrapping, Card completing
then 
A Postal Surprise

Home grown California Persimmons

'Hoshi Gaki'

from Glennis Dolce

"Simply slice and Enjoy"

~*~

January Fourth
Here comes the sun
 

Trips to the post office, bank and Grocery store. Weather remained warm and moist. More rain predicted and a feeling of weariness in my bones, accompanied by a deepening weariness of world woes, despite the great good news of a hundred, diverse in every way, vital women arriving in Washington to join in. My mind got stuck on sadness, on the details of recent terrible events and dangerous divisions world wide.
WEARY
I find comfort in liberal nap taking.
~*~

January Fifth
Rain
In bed all day, up and down from waking predawn to sundown. The cumulative tension of 2018, endless solicitations for donations I could not offer during a demanding December, with end of year tasks to complete and many gifts to be delighted by and grateful for, arrival at a 'new' year rang out. Energy lasted a few more days 'till I suddenly found myself requiring the balm of forgetfulness, some sweet oblivion and uncluttered time to exercise that neglected 'let-go' musculature.

 

6PM
Now neighbors are evident and gearing up for Saturday night, each with their own agendas, which will reveal themselves to me through the evening hours and possibly past midnight into Sunday. Meanwhile, three episodes of "Victoria" on Masterpiece Theater are being re-broadcast 'till 10 O'clock. That will serve nicely as my ambient sound tonight.
(The Original First Preview)

https://youtu.be/QULckG7XJ9A
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PICTURE PAST DAYS

Figured out how to download from the camera!
But it doesn't always work.  In fact, after a day of successful downloads, it fails, and I had to force quit to continue.  This new rig is also indicating I need a blue tooth device in order to have sound.  If it isn't one thing, it's another.
Ch-ch-ch-changes in the virtual world can be daunting.

~*~

Wednesday  the 4th
Hunter College Assembly Hall
69th and Park Avenue
Krishna Das chanting for 'Dada J. P. Vaswani'

living master ninety five years old

~*~

Friday the 6th
Dearest of my dear friends
N. A.

 On her way from one State to another, she arrived for breakfast on twenty first Street at seven.  Then we walked to Union Square where an obliging film student snapped us in the Gandhi Garden saying our goodbyes.

 +

Amy Ernst treated to an early supper at 'Friend of A Farmer' on Irving Place after we met in the afternoon to pick up the new computer she had 'Tekserve' wipe clean to transfer my data from the old rig.  It's run by the son of a farmer, and is pricey , but mighty tasty. 

Then to my place to set up

An hour and a half of testing and trying, and we were both exhausted.

~*~

Saturday the 7th

Cathedral of St. John the Divine

112th Street on Amsterdam Avenue 

"Interfaith Kirtan for World Peace"

 honoring the hundredth birth anniversary of 

H.H. Swami Satchidananda

Three and a half hours of chanters and musicians from many faith traditions including Krishna Das, C.C. White,

Kirtan Rabbi Andrew Hahn, and Guru Ganesha Singh.

Charming child

Ecstatic dancer

Barefoot poet

Singing Along
Two minutes and not great video,
just to remember the feeling

Outside

on a break to catch the sunset

See the young white peacock?

There are also two elderly regular peacocks on the property.  They each have their own 'houses', are fed twice daily, wander freely, and are never confined.  It's an amazing place, with many gardens and I'll return to photograph another day.

~*~

   

Sunday the 8th

Dharma Mittra Yoga Center

61 West 23 Street

"Living and Dreaming Lucidly"

Tibetan Buddhist Practices with Michael Katz,
and Chanting with Krishna Das

A benefit for Chogyal Namkhai Norbu

~*~

Tuesday the 10th

State University of New York 

College of Optometry Eye Center

44 West 42nd Street

 Last check up for the right eye lens replacement was several hours with lots or wait time to stare, temporarily semi-blinded, at "Arthur"

All is well

New close up glasses prescription won't be fulfilled until the left eye lens is replaced, which is dependent on raising another $500 up front co-pay funds.  Hoping to manage that before Summer turns to Fall.

I enjoyed the flowers in planters across 42nd Street as I wended my way back home to nap till the dilation effect wore off.

~*~

"There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That
magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live
for others, they will live for you."

--Paramahansa Yogananda--