Moving on from Summer
Looking up
Buddah for all, and in all
Close reading
" My mind has gone beyond the transitory, the conditioned,
And has achieved the extinction of craving."
Would that it were so, for I am struggling with a new loss
And has achieved the extinction of craving."
Would that it were so, for I am struggling with a new loss
-The year of five hundred tulips-
I relinquished the church garden simply, with a note,
soon after it was 'tamed' by other hands, sadly,
without any knowledge of what was there before,
and without informing me. In one swoop,
twenty years of lush perennial growth was ripped away to plant generic mums. Never mind why. Enough.
Thus ends a long relationship with land that is not mine. and the many difficulties I've had with this new pastor.
I relinquished the church garden simply, with a note,
soon after it was 'tamed' by other hands, sadly,
without any knowledge of what was there before,
and without informing me. In one swoop,
twenty years of lush perennial growth was ripped away to plant generic mums. Never mind why. Enough.
Thus ends a long relationship with land that is not mine. and the many difficulties I've had with this new pastor.
"Let each one embrace (her) own truth,
And devote (herself) to it's fulfillment."
As Autumn arrives
I'm shifting in other ways too
shedding leaves
shredding papers
culling clothes
donating to thrifts
I'm simplifying because it is right.
There are too many potential projects packed away for 'someday'. They get in the way of today. I need to work on just a few, and finish them.
Here's a link to John Coltrane:
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