TUESDAY

9.15.2020 The best news is that Grace Forest is back on the Hill as of yesterday https://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2020/09/my-entry-13.html and was back again todday https://windthread.typepad.com/windthread/2020/09/my-entry-15.html Meanwhile I woke early to phone Massachusetts wishing my dear friend Happy Birthday

Spent time on Face book reading news of the world and posting about fires and potential floods, skipping most of the Administration posts and horrified by the presidents hubris, usery and dangerous intentions.

Then had a long nap to 3p.m. Rising to check the calendar in case I'd lost track of days.

I've gotten lonely actually, but I fill in with the virtual and time passes and memory brings longing https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/3365260245927126723/8103246041710081231?hl=en

MONDAY

9.14.2020 7 a.m.-Manhattan Window View

3 p.m. and I'm still sitting at this desk. Time to mobilize.

5 p.m Our local Post office

6 p.m. Zendo Zoom live session with Barbara Bonner "Inspiring Forgiveness"-This video is from another source but will serve as an introduction to the book (58 minutes)

LINK https://barbarabonner.org/books/

KINDA PERSONAL

Saturday
August 1st 2020

Manhattan Window View
Looking East

5:30 a.m.

“Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.”

Mark Twain

I am in need of kindness. My chronic digestive condition has gotten a grip on my equanimity and I've been under the weather through Saturday.
(https://badgut.org/information-centre/a-z-digestive-topics/collagenous-colitis/)

8 p.m
Looking West

 Midnight
Calmer now with over the counter medication and stomach soothing tea.

Sunday
August 2nd
semi-sleepless night
6 a.m. Looking East

 77 degrees, humid, rain expected.
Looking West

Spent the last hour in tedious monthly bill paying preparation. Then made watery white basmati rice for breakfast. I'm out of 'cream of rice' and it's actually hard to find, especially these pandemic days (((sigh))). The push to open up has resulted in a surge of positive cases beginning to be evident. I knew it was wrong, but unfortunately the politicians are not yet willing to go into lock-down. I am already in virtual lock down and will only go out for food, post office and bank.
Meanwhile
A Nap
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REALLY REAL HOT

Monday

July 27th 2020

7:30 p.m.
Manhattan View East

Feels like 95 degrees now and I spent the day in bed. A/C is working, but I'm 'under the weather' weary.

PBS News Hour

 

https://youtu.be/mnG08S796Sc

Tuesday

July 28th

Early Morning

Temperatures reached 96 by noon and felt like 100 +

I stayed locked in with the Air conditioning working well at 77 degrees energy saver setting. Had a lovely phone conversation with my dear Massachusetts friends, did simple maintenance chores and very little else.

7:30 p.m.

Much more tolerable and with a nice breeze

 "Lift Every Voice and Sing"

Often called “The Black National Anthem”, was written as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899.

https://youtu.be/adZPSOQ7NhE 

JULY SEVENTEEN

Manhattan
Front Window Views

6:30 P.M.

East

Above

Illegal but #16 doesn't care

 

West

"Democracy Now"
An independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday.

https://youtu.be/LmAqo2YnK2Y
 LINK
https://democracynow.org 

9 p.m.
 
Day Is Done

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ANGER then GENTLENESS

Sunday
7.12.2020

8 a.m.

Noon

 

Face Book Post
(After reading News)

Dear Sir-Since you failed at everything else, you've decided to get back to building that wall, destroying one more beautiful place. Division and destruction are your true talents. I pity you.

https://youtu.be/k4fZ9Jqn9cw

6:30 p.m.
Sun reflected in the East

 8:45 p.m.
After zoom dharma session with Konjin Gaelyn Godwin arranged by my Zendo, her gentleness and clarity like a balm soothing me.This is not the session which was private. Perhaps you can feel her kindness in this two minute video.
(April 2020)

https://youtu.be/16Qbo3oxqoY
~*~

Manhattan window view
storm clouds rising in the West.

9:30 p.m.
The rain rained hard for less than an hour.
Still hot but tolerable.