Albert and Me

As soon as I posted this pic on facebook, I started getting comments about my resemblance to Albert Einstein.  So let me be clear:  any physical resemblance between Einstein and me is purely coincidental and ends there, as those of you who know me are already aware.  Sure, my name has been used in the same sentence with his a few times in my life, but those incidents were not positive in any way.  I did it to make people smile and it seems to have worked!

On a little more serious note, someone suggested I google Albert to see some pictures of him and I discovered a long list of his quotes.  This one seemed to fit my situation and my feelings quite well:
   "I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity."  A. Einstein
 And that is very true for me now.  The last 2 years have been very painful, but I have come to appreciate solitude more and more, thanks in large part to my learning's from Jubilee.

Last weekend my good friend Jan Wynns came to visit after hearing me rave about Jubilee all fall.  As usual, I came away from the Sunday service with a full heart and a smile on my face.  The lesson was about Letting Go, which I've heard about more than once, and yet I still seem to forget how to let go and why it's important to do so.  The opening song to celebrate the path of yin said it pretty well:
   "O, freedom, o, freedom!
    O, freedom over me!
    I'll let go of what I crave
    And go home to my lord and be free!"
            A traditional U.S. civil rights song, adapted

One of the meditation readings from the program bulletin also said it well:
   "To live in this world
    You must be able to do 3 things:
    To love what is mortal;
    To hold it against your bones knowing
    Your own life depends on it;
    And, when the time comes to let it go,
    Let it go."
       Mary Oliver, from "In Blackwater Woods", new and selected poems

Jan said she enjoyed the service very much and we had a very nice lunch at Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street afterward.  We also lucked out to find 12 Bones open on Saturday when it is usually closed.  There was a gallery walk that day so they had opened to take advantage of a fine opportunity.  Here's what Jan thought of 12 Bones...

We ate very well while she was here, including a visit to her favorite, Tupelo Honey Cafe.

The Burgman is in the shop and the Vespa is now in storage at Hugh's.  I took the Burg in for routine maintenance last Thursday and they discovered a problem with a bearing and had to order a part.  So I'm scooter-less once again for a short while and missing it during these days of Indian Summer.  Oh well.  Soon I'll be in sunny Florida with 80 degree weather and back to shorts, tee shirts and sandals!  That's be nice, but I sure am going to miss Jubilee.  I discovered in the bulletin that web casts of the services are available online for several days after each one.  That will help me stay in touch and I'm very thankful for that.

Since I started this entry with a comment on my hair, aka the pony tail project, I'll end it with one.  It's still not long enough for a p.t., but it's getting there!

Thanks for stopping by!