From The Notebook

The notebook has a cover with an old picture of two ladies sitting on a truck bed. It says, "I try to go the extra mile, but someone always finds me and brings me back." I'm not sure that many people get why I chose that, but to me it fits.

Anyways, the ramblings of this week:

Words: embedded, rain, frame, stains, earthiness, chance, intimacy of scale, Unencumbered, Grace


Poetry:
Things cannot be reversed, learn from the ones we fear the most, learn from the ones we hate the most

And we both know, I'll never be your lover, I only bring the heat, company under covers, filling space between your sheets
(both are From Daughter, Candles)

"escape the tyranny of things"
"He calls wabi-sabi's simplicity 'the state of grace arrived at by a sober, modest, heartfelt intelligence.' "
''Pare down to the essence, but don't remove the poetry. Keep things clean and unencumbered, but don't sterilize.''
(From Leonard Koren, Author of ''Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers,'' and several other design books)


Made up word: Smeels-smooth heels

Gift book: Pornagami-how to make privates with paper

Funny things:
On lambchops: I love the taste of innocence
On being misheard about the Tahoe Blanket: It's reversible. One side is a lake, the other side is a taco.
On ladders: For higher than sea level
Essentials: Crafts and Potato chips
6/7/11, Riding home from a friend's house: Old man, on a WWII era mini tractor, painted army green with the army insignia on it, wearing a war helmet, looking surly as all get out, driving down Macarthur. Brilliant. Wishing I had a camera phone.

Reflections:
Maintain resilience, reflect your Brilliance
Every choice you make is the right choice in the end.
From the cartoon "Cul-de-Sac": Every day I test the boundaries of my domain.
Having genius, rather than being a genius (TED talk by the author of "Eat, Love, Pray" on the source of creativity)
Being worthy of: love, respect, kind treatment, compassion, time for myself, pay for time worked.
What does a panic attack look like? What are the body feelings associated with it? What are the triggers? Why have I had four in the last 12 months?

Sacred Places:
Oakland Rose Garden
Bolinas
Mt. Tam

Possibilities:
Chocolatier Blue for Hot Chocolate
B Bar Ranch
Catalina Island


Dreams:

Riding a road similar to grizzly peak with three people. The first time I had this dream it took a long time to ride this road. The second time I had this dream the road seemed much easier and took less time to ride. Towards the end before descending into the town there was a wall. I climbed off my bike and simply dropped down to the level below, and we walked along the road for a while before I got back on and woke up. There was more to the dream just around the periphery that I can't quite grasp and bring back.

The TED talk referenced earlier: