at the turn on faucet for B Garden. Where i first go, coming down…..squat. breathing and turn the water on. I stay a few minutes looking down , just looking from that vantage point on down the road, down to where the Spanish Broom used to be a couple feet in front of me , this pile of wood. Now and then, recently more and more frequently, there is the one on the left. He pops up, out from the pile and sits. We be. He is different from the Friends at Jack's gate. The ones i meet with every morning, the ones that have taught me so much and teach me still, Uno and Dos. They are small in comparison, slender. This one, dark and heavy bodied. With Uno and Dos, we meet every morning at very much around the same time. I am reliable. Always. Every day. Here, at the faucet, there's no particular time…it changes, so would be more complicated for us to establish a friendship. But it seems like we might be. and today, he brings a friend. What it takes is only the Present Moment staying in it, the Present Moment of NOTHING but what is. for as long as anything takes. Being still, and Present. Completely and utterly Present. Just this. I am grateful to them.
i washed my hair OutSide today. First time this Cycle. There's a handheld shower nozzle out there. I used a bucket to sit on and had the shampoo and bar soap there, wash cloth. The water is warm from heating in the SUN in the PVC that brings it up the Hill. Tomorrow at 9 am at Riverbend Park is Julian's Graduation Ceremony. i'll be squeaky clean. His father and wife have come from New Jersey, i've never met her. Janeen Yaneen i love her name. He'll fly back with them for a month. Short this time but good….gives us part of a summer here. Time goes so fast. High School next.
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Congratulations and all the best to Julian. You all must be so very proud of him; I know I am. Wonderful that his Dad will be there to honor this rite of passage for his son and that Julian continues to spend part of his summer with him. As I type this, I see a movie reel in my headL his little self, wearing a diaper, squatting down on your land in Polvadera, inspecting the dirt, exploring…fast forward and he is about to begin a huge exploration because high school is a big adventure.
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How nice that you’re so often welcomed by your friends .. friendly little lizards. 🦎 Big Congratulations to Julian .. wonderful that he’ll be surrounded by so many family members to celebrate. I have no doubt you’ll all have a wonderful time.
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Yay Julian!!
Look at those two 🙂 The bridge fences were FULL of friends these last two visits!LikeLike
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Yes, squatting down in the dirt with truck 🙂
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How exciting for Julian., express my congrats!! this whole post made me smile at each segment. Conversations with Lizard friends, washing hair outside, Julian’s Ceremony, and his Dad… and a new meeting of his dad’s wife. A lot of wonderful happenings.
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Yes to all. Life is full of wonder and joy. And the sensual flow of warm water. Takes my breath away.
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Yes!
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Hooray for Julian! and for all his family who are accompanying him on his journey.
Being Still….being present… Yes… The beautiful lizards you are befriending remind me of a time (almost 40 years ago) beside the San Juan River in Utah. There were lizards. I remember a touch of turquoise on them. The other 2 children in the group began chasing the lizards, trying to catch them. My son simply stood there and watched. He was very very still. One of the beleaguered lizards ran up his leg and all the way to his shoulder, where he stayed for some time — safe in the sanctuary of Stillness. I need to remember that deep Stillness is always available. Thank you for sharing your practice of this.LikeLike
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thank YOU, so much for this
stillness….yes….they are masters of Still one single moment stretching on and on and on…they do not tire, i have learned/do learn so much
remind your son of this story, he might need it now…it’s
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