Odds and Ends

The cold weather sure has slowed me down.  No scooter rides and few walks equals lots of reading and reflecting.  It's truly time to be inside and go inside, of myself, to straighten out a few things.  A numerology report from my new friend Jada has given me a lot to think about and perhaps a thing or two to plan for.  I'll share more about that as I understand it better, but it will be about my personal development. 

Jada took this pic of me outside Jubilee on Wall Street last Sunday.  Lots of folks were doing this and it looked like fun and she suggested a pic.  Nicely done, my friend!  Thank you!

My favorite bumper sticker:  "Honk if you love Jesus.  Text if you want to meet him!"  I shared this with my table mates last Saturday night at a fund raiser for Screaming Eagle Outfitters, a Christian camp for young people, and got some good laughs.  Marcia and I went early and helped finish the meal preparation, which was fun.  It was a good dinner and interesting program.  A conversation at my table about homosexuals was disturbing, though, and I found myself getting angry about the intolerance of these "christians".  Howard said it well at Jubilee the other day:  I don't consider myself a Christian, but I am a follower of Jesus.  Now that I can buy into.  I've become much clearer lately about why I turned away from the Baptists so many years ago and why I still reject many of their beliefs. 

I'm currently reading "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying".  It's one of those books that's good for me and I need to read it, yet I resist doing so.  Lord knows I need all the ancient wisdom I can find!  Tonight Jada and I will go to the kirtan chanting session again.  It will be my third and I continue to find a deep peace there. 

Two weeks from today I'll be heading south with mixed emotions.  I've been here since August, except for my brief trip to Raleigh/Durham and the coast.  Mostly I will miss Jubilee and the good people.  I will also miss the wonderful restaurants, cool people and vibrant atmosphere.  A quiet week at St. George Island, eating oysters and being out of touch with the world for a while, will be a good transition.  I've gotten too accustomed to the internet, cell phone and cable TV again and I'm ready to be without those things for a while.  It'll also be good to have fires everyday for roasting oysters and gazing into.  Long walks on the deserted beach will also be good.  Sounds like I'm almost ready to go!  Almost.....not quite.