http://www.panttaja.com/mary catching the updraft of life, work, and the arising world Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:53:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been thinking about what's interesting and compelling about spending 4 days of our vacation here at this event. First, the teaching from His Holiness the Dalai Lama This is interesting because of the subject matter which comes in two components: A philosophical study of the nature of reality; Buddhist philosophy is ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2008/07/22/the-teaching-event/ Just some things of note on this quick trip to the midwest. Flew into Chicago on Saturday, and, after a short "lost" adventure, wended our way to Madison, Wisconsin. "Why Wisconsin?" everyone asks. It is a long, weird story, but the short version states that the name Madison is significant to us, ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2008/07/21/traveling/ I might write more about this book later. It is a review of modern neurology research over the past 20 years and points to our power to affect our own neurology--and therefore, who we are in a primary way. One fun thing for me is that the author, Jeffrey Schwartz, has ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2008/06/12/the-mind-and-the-brain/ We saw a production of "Our Town" by Thorton Wilder. Weirdly, it wasn't until this morning that I really "got" what Wilder is pointing to---I must admit I am really slow about this realization. Even the structure and tenor of the play reflects the authors intentions. The whole thing produces ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2008/06/12/our-town/ One of the challenging things about attending a "Shakespeare" Festival for over 20 years is that, well, you see a lot of Shakespeare productions. This is our 3rd Othello, though I only remember the last two. Both times the role of Iago, really the primary role of the play, was ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2008/06/11/othello/ Goodness. It's been a long time since I have posted here. Where has the time gone? Well, things have changed and we've been very busy: launching RebelVox, moving to SF, putting the Healdsburg house on the market for vacation rentals (Kokopelli Retreat), moving apartments (one last time), bicycling, studying sailing, and the ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2008/06/07/summer-2008/ Wednesday was a long day. Awake before dawn I laid on the futon and watch the moon set; I headed out into the dawn to watch the sun rise. Then I worked all day, though we got out into the sunshine for lunch. It was so beautiful after work that ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2007/09/27/september-26-quite-a-beautiful-day-in-san-francisco/ Awake early this morning and moved into the living room on the new futon---I've got it flat for a more "day bed" kind of feel. (Ordered some more matching pillows for it. And this way it doesn't block the view.) So I'm in my favorite horizontal position but I can't ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2007/09/26/a-brief-note/ I am finally getting a little bit settled into our new life---though I haven't spent any time in Healdsburg in three weeks, so the "going back and forth" part isn't practiced. I'm feeling a little bit out of control in Healdsburg, though I'm not there and the only thing that ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2007/09/12/getting-settled/ My good friends Sandeep and Sunita Giri (and young ones Ashwin and Priya) just returned from a trip to their families in Nepal. It seems it was a wonderful trip, and we are sorry to have missed it. Sandeep reports that his good friend Mahabir Pun (they both attended university in ... http://www.panttaja.com/mary/2007/09/03/nepal-travels/