optimal living

i know what makes me happy 

and i know what doesn't 

i resolve to do more of what i love 

and leave or transform what i don't 

oh Creator, either help me transform my city experience, or help me leave in a good way- with all my lessons here finished 

and dear Creator, thanks for my family. thanks for Fate. thanks for all the wild and beautiful places on this planet. and thanks for my Life. 

aho!

how to heal after surgery

delicious life-loving exuberant vibrant life-giving red clover sprouts

earthy grounding binding soothing comfrey poultice 

intoxicating scents colors tastes friendship of mountain flower beauties

banyans and tea pots

pic 1 and 2= some of my favorite people chillin in some of my favorite trees around here: ancient banyan (ficus family) elders plus my blood-sister, tcm-big-bro, and chigong-lil-sis. mmm 

pic 3= gift from my distant aunt who lives in taichung... my first two teapots to call "mine"! very special little 土雞/ dirt chicken (that's one of my nicknames here- a dirt chicken is wild, independent, strong, adaptable and self-sufficient. it's opposite is a meat-chicken... use your imagination) teapot and 葫/ gourd (symbol of luck, and carried around by spiritual seekers and monks) 

family

surprised to find distant blood relatives here in taichung 

laughter and old conversations, play on two flutes and a piano

how does the same blood that flows thru same bone from once upon a time- how are we connected? 

we all came from same blood and bone, once upon a time- how we do connect! 

we are all family 

mirroring

i dreamed that i was running away... then i realized that who i was running from was weak and hurt as well, and all i needed to do was step forward,assert myself, truthspeak--- and comfort a fellow human being, once hurt, now hurting 

organic

on full moon, first time climbing wall again since surgery 

exhilarating, dangerous, and delicious 

today, first time climbing a tree since surgery 

feels amazing 

i feel like i am a new born baby experiencing life for first time!

women circle

me, mama, sis

full moon, morning sun

aho mitakwe oyasin