Keeping a list of songs of the day. Did this off an on last year. Got discouraged any time I missed a day, and eventually gave it up. Trying again, not going to sweat it if I miss a day. I'm interested enough in how it changes the way I listen to music to get over my perfectionism.
Re-reading some Frederick Franck, two quotes I jotted down.
The meaning of life is to see.
Hui Neng,
and The mystical of the world is that it exists.
Ludwig Witgenstein.
Saw a pod of Harbor Porpoises in the channel on Thursday. At first wasn't even sure what I was looking at. The dorsal fin was noticeable and unusual. I had seen a seal a few minute before, was it that rolling on it's side as it dived? We're there sharks here? I didn't think so. After a few minutes it was apparent that there was a whole pod of porpoises, not just one.
A bit of sun over this long weekend.
Reading Things Become Other Things, by Craig Mod.
Now is the time to visit all the celebrated places in the country and fill our heads with what we have seen, so that when we become old and bald, we shall have something to talk about over our ...
Shank's Mare by Ikku Jippensha, translated by Thomas Satchell
... the general area having a long and sordid history of slaughtering dolphins.
But I was just noticing passing though without judgement (though I know that noticing itself is a form of judgement)
p.172 Things Become Other Things, Craig Mod
Sunday a good bumper sticker on the car in front, "We'd rather be a province." Heavy frost today.