Wind And Waves

on the bicycle!  I wanted so badly to get away this weekend and experience differet sights,sounds,feelings.  I’m feeling very blah about work and it seemed to be the longest week ever.  We didn’t have much money to work with (otherwise I would have suggested we hop a place and go see the ocean!)  So we decided to head up to Golden on our bicycles.   It was a long haul (although neither of us were tired!) and so refreshingly different!

This picture was "borrowed without asking" from Ken Krane, illustrator.

Everyone has an inner life; its just a matter of opening it.  What Parker Palmer wisely suggests is that we can only feel something to the degree that we are willing to meet its depth  Just as we must open our eyes – must raise our lids – to see, we must raise our barriers and open our hearts and minds, if we are to see and feel the essence of the life around us.
To develop our own inner life is tantamount to opening our deepest eyes.  It has much to do with raising our walls with living from our own depths so we can experience the depths around us.
Too often, while cut off from our inwardness, we complain that the things about us are shallow and boring, not worth our attention, when more often than not, it is we who are out of touch.
To see deeply, we must open deeply.

– Mark Nepo

I’ve been thinking about kids a lot lately.  They bring out a joy in me that seems otherwise dormant.  I haven’t gotten to babysit my little buddy in awhile and I’m missing his presence!   The other night, my mom and I went out to eat Mexican food and were deep in discussion when I heard a banging on the glass partition window that separated us from the bar.  A little boy was Thrilled that he could see his parents  on the other side of the room, through the glass and was banging on it to get their attention.  He was completely oblivious to us, purely focused on his game and excitingly awaiting their warm familiar smiles.

His bang, jolted my mom and I out of our conversation and I looked, to the sound startled.  Staring back at me was this little boy, he looked a little startled himself.  So intense was his focus towards his parents that he hadn’t noticed us sitting right there.  After a few seconds, he gave me a big grin and then looked on to his parents. [Read more →]

Yesterday, Eli and I walked into St. John’s Cathedral, near the capital.  A beautiful building who’s prominent strong presence cannot be overlooked.  Inside, it was SO deliciously quiet. The vaulted ceiling, with its majestic arches and colorful stain glass windows held a  deeply spiritual air.   All this, while the city bustled inches from its doors. [Read more →]

These are the stairs to our apartment.

So…. the big exciting news on our front is;  WE GOT A NEW MOTORCYCLE!!!! yes!  This wonderful machine is going to be our portal to the wild nature of the West! If all goes well, there will be lots of camping adventures on high up mountain passes.  How we are going to share it…..is yet to be worked out (naturally we both want to drive….)

On weekends, the goal is to get as much of nature as we can!  Yesterday, we climbed up Falcon Mountain, which towers above the little town of Morrison (where Red Rocks Amphitheater is) and offers excellent views of Denver!

Morrison – Mt. Falcon – Sun – Wind – Storm = Saturday by Eli

Settlers Park, Boulder Colorado