The funeral home phone

"It's the funeral home phone!" A general alarm, like on my favorite show:

Mbengwi

These are some videos taken in Mbengwi 3 years after Lee and I left.

This one shows the waterfall behind Lee's house:



This one shows Lee's house:





The Metta people gather at the Market on "Tadd", one of eight days in the Metta week:



This one shows the area around my house. Isaac sold me eggs and took me on adventures:

Sarah Palin

"My concern has been the atrocities there in Darfur and the relevance to me with that issue as we spoke about Africa and some of the countries there that were kind of the people succumbing to the dictators and the corruption of some collapsed governments on the continent, the relevance was Alaska’s investment in Darfur with some of our permanent fund dollars."

Anniversary trip

Lee and I just got back from our annual anniversary trip (Nov. 15th) to NYC. We went to see Damnation of Faust at the Met (which was one of the most unusual productions I've ever seen) and a broadway play (the Seagull). It was very enjoyable, although the weather was weird (so warm) and it was strange walking past all the skyscrapers of now bankrupt banks.

A message from the president on conservation

"I'm asking you for your good and for your nation's security to take no unnecessary trips, to use carpools or public transportation whenever you can, to park your car one extra day per week, to obey the speed limit, and to set your thermostats to save fuel. "

Is this president Bush speaking?

Whoops! Unfortunately, it's president Carter (1979).

Metta retreat at IMS

Another two day retreat at IMS. One year after the previous retreat. This time the retreat was a metta retreat. It was much more difficult intellectually because you have to keep bringing up the same thoughts instead of just letting go of thoughts. It seemed to start out better than the last year, but eventually it got to be emotionally exhausting. I do feel this retreat had more of a lingering effect. I.e., I think the metta practice will be more likely to carry into my daily life.

Hawaii - Waimea Canyon

Just got back from Hawaii.