Nevertheless, this has still been a meditative time for me. I've turned inward a lot this month, and I feel like I'm preparing for a lot of changes--some that I'm initiating, and some that are hurtling my way
a capitol transformed
The Capitol has been occupied by peaceful protestors 24/7 for a couple of weeks now. I know many people who have chosen to sleep over at the Capitol as part of the occupation effort. The Capitol has always been open to the public, and people routinely cut through the Capitol to get from one side of the Square to the other. But I've never seen it look like this before...
battleground Wisconsin, Madison’ Capitol Square ground zero
Last week, I found myself constantly checking the news on my Android phone to keep up with the latest developments with the revolution in Egypt. This week, I've found myself constantly checking the news on my Android phone to keep up with the latest developments here in Madison.
good reasons to root for the packers in the super bowl, eh?
You know you live in the most lefty-radical part of Madison when you get a Super Bowl invitation that says "Come commiserate over the fallacy of community that is NFL Sports." It's worth a chuckle but I'm hardly miserable. I'm a Packer fan and I plan on cheering them on in tomorrow's Super Bowl.
nothing like a blizzard to motivate me to say hello
It's easy to have the best intentions about keeping a blog updated. I was doing a pretty good job at it for a while (i.e. December). But then the new year hit like a whirlwind, and it was all that I could do to take a breath and get enough bearings about me to even figure out where I was.
a new year, newly amplified
New Year's Day combined with a little bit of extra pocket cash and the Internet can be a dangerous thing.
santa and the stork crossed paths in mid-flight halfway to our house (or, born while i was totally blogging this)
16 Masa'il 167 B.E. (Baha'i Calendar)Soundtrack in my head: Cloud Cult, "You Were Born" A baby boy was born right about the time that I finished the last blog post--about twenty minutes to midnight on Christmas Day. This surprised me because I heard very little in the way of sound coming down the hallway. I … Continue reading santa and the stork crossed paths in mid-flight halfway to our house (or, born while i was totally blogging this)
a new housemate is arriving…boy or girl?
I noticed that soft music was emanating from Samantha's bedroom, and I realized the best thing I could do was tune in with that energy. So I walked into my bedroom, put on some of my own soft music, turned on only the Christmas lights in my room, lit an incense stick and started doing some writing and praying.
my youngest housemates
"You're WILLINGLY moving into a co-op house with a baby?" asked a friend of mine at a co-op party. He was in his thirties, but still seemed surprised that I would leave my co-op in downtown Madison to help start a family friendly co-op house several miles away.
i’ve become involved in a cult, but this time it’s an awesome cult–a Cloud Cult
It's true. I ended up walking a mile through a blizzard at midnight for a group of people I'd only become acquainted with 24 hours before.