I just came back from my usual daily walk. On weekends it's the park on the Carquinez Strait which I also do a couple days a week too just to mix things up. I'm about 3-4 hours from you but have only been up there once for a family gathering a few years ago. A few years ago before I bought a house in the Bay Area I considered moving to Grass Valley or Nevada City and made a foray with friends to look over properties. They did make the move and enjoy their place but for a little more than I was paying for rent wound up with with a nice house in a nice area in the Bay Area.
Today is Lawnmower Symphony day where the neighbors are usually are doing lawn work or their gardeners are doing it. I don't play as the house came with an "Italian Garden" so there is no lawn to mow and once a month for my gardener to come in and clean up leaves and shape trees is enough. new.morning wrote: > Its a constant source of wonder and whimsical pleasure to see how > various people report their perceptions of the world in such > interesting and diverse ways. > > Yesterday I did spend some modest time asking several posters to > eliminate personal attacks, and to not respond to them if made. For > the list, to help FFL regain its past sparkle. It was a happy task. I > hope I didn't, and apologize if I did, step on anyones toes. > > All the while, I staring out my window at a 40 mile swatch of the > sierra nevadas, recently snow capped -- bringing them to their full > glory -- quite Switzerland like. The quiet and quick transformation > from the "golden hills of california" as Kate Wolf sings (though this > is Nevada, though just over those peaks -- and 20 minutes away -- is > California -- manfifest in its glory as lake tahoe -- embracing nevada > midlake.) > > The fantastic (as in fantasy) of shouting fall golden and red leaves > is fading -- though still apparent, as trees go silently stark and > transparent, leaving more of the mountains in full view. Cloud > formations on the mountain are unique -- as I have never seen > elsewhere in the world. And when the sun sets behind them, it becomes > magical. Most evenings as I walk through a nearby park, I mimic Moses > in "the Ten Commandments" and say "the One with no name is outdoing > himself tonight." > > Earlier I had a nice late lunch, sitting outside, lounging, staring at > the mountains -- now with a full 180 degreee view. still warm enough > to be in shorts. The sun felt good. A simple but delicious lunch of > organic prawns, simmered in coconut mik, with seranno peppers from my > recently departed garden, some tummeric, and a few omega-3 rich > walnuts in top. Thinking thoughts of the impending winter, ski season, > and world class skiing 20 minutes away. Skiing at 9000 feet with full > and varied views of Tahoe. I thought, "This is good". > > I then was surprised, shocked really, to find that all of this must > have be a mirage. Someone, 6000 miles away, said I was (I assume I was > included in the reference) > > " part of a concerted effort by a couple of > people to *bring down* the level of the group to > their level,". > > Odd i was hoping to invite all of you UP here to see THIS view. Not > take anyone on a downer. > > And that, according to the seer, apparently I was full of "anger and > spite and fear and constant argumentation and constant attempts > to "prove" many people here "wrong" and [myself] "right." > > What a wonderful dessert, to laugh for five minutes at the "tale of > two cities" -- the manfiest world I was actually experiencing -- and > Turqs subliminal view of it through his eyes. > > I am glad Turq that you had a good day. As did Curtis and Jim by their > reports. I assume Judy did walking on the shore of the vast Atlantic. > And Sparaig in the expansive desert vistas, horizons and subtle > lights. And a great day in FF I hope -- 400+ pundits now, more coming, > 100 Purusha. I don't know if there is an ME, but I do know large > groups of YF and pundits, even small ones seperately, produce a great > "thing" / atmosphere. Large groups of each must be wonderful. > > I was thinking yesterday, mistakenly imagining Curtis living on a > horse ranch in Virginia, close to DC, able to play his music as loud > as he wants in the open spaces, as horses come and go, Turq walking to > dinner along the swollen river (35 years ago I lived in France and the > sense images of that period flooed back), Jim under his avocado tree, > Card off in Finland, (have not made it there, but I love Norway, I > imagine it is at least vaguely similar), YFs in the domes. The sense > of everyone scattered across the country and globe, provided a very > tangible sense of interconnedness. > > > " Living well really *is* the best revenge." > > I really don't GET that phrase. Revenge is such an odd concept and > non-need for me, certainly at the moment, and moments as far as i can > see. The magical thing about this list, seeing life through others > eyes. The thought someone would want "revenge" -- for what I am not > clear -- on such a nice day, is so boggling to me -- in a mirthful way. > > But may everyone have their wishes fulfilled today. And if revenge is > at the top of your list -- I say go for it. If that is what it takes > to be happy. > > I will settle for "less". Should I drive 20 minutes up that nice > twisty mountain road and take a nice hike on the Tahoe Rim trail (a > 120 mile trail around the lake -- mostly from 2000 feet above it.)? Or > should I organize the piles of stuff I pulled out of many storage > containers -- and piled in discreet dumplings on the floor? Hmm, the > life of the sanyassi -- abandoning all possessions -- sounds good > right now. Well, maybe a bit of sorting and sifting of things. Then a > nice hike. > > I hope every one has good choices today, and the chosen ones manfest > wonderfully. > > > > > > > > >
