It is warmer than it has been for days and rain is pouring down, as I yawn and think of going to bed. Instead, I will be self-preoccupied and write bullets about the trivia that is occupying me right now:
- MJ is home after a week of visiting friends at Trinity University in San Antonio. She will leave for Spain on Jan. 24.
- CB and I saw "The King's Speech" yesterday. It was excellent. I learned a lot, while being very impressed with Colin Firth's performance as King George VI.
- I am voraciously reading mysteries by Charles Todd, all checked out from the public library. These are about Ian Rutledge, a Scotland Yard inspector who suffers from shell-shock from WWI, while trying to do his job investigating murder cases. I really like the Maisie Dobbs mysteries by Jacqueline Winspear, which are about an exceptional woman who served as a nurse in WWI, whose fiance returned from the war so damaged that he did not recognize anyone. It is interesting that these mysteries are connected to WWI.
- I failed in my month-long commitment to blog about "friends" for NaBloPoMo -- mostly because I did not pre-post enough before I went on my silent retreat at Lebh Shomea.
- It is hard to believe that one week ago I was there and only returned home two days ago. After so much time spent in meditation, I am somewhat surprised that I have been captured again by habits of home, etc.
- I have not thought of a "word" for 2011 yet. First it seemed like "friends" would be it, but at Lebh Shomea I started pondering the word "stirrings," which will be a future post.
- I saw many wild animals at Lebh Shomea. For the first time I saw a nilgai, which comes originally from India. On one of the trails, I saw a black object far ahead that I wondered about; it was so still, could it be a tree? As I came closer, something black and as big as a horse moved.
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It is warmer than it has been for days and rain is pouring down, as I yawn and think of going to bed. Instead, I will be self-preoccupied and write bullets about the trivia that is occupying me right now:
4 comments:
What was a nilgai doing at Lebh Shomea?
And I wish that you would write more about Lebh Shomea!
Glad you had such a good time on retreat. I saw a national weathermap and thought you were getting rain. WE are going into the deep freeze, below zero for about 4 days. Days a bit better. I'm mighty tired of cold. Happy reading!
Nilgai were imported to King Ranch for an "exotic animal" collection. Some have escaped and are living wild in South Texas. The ones that have not are hunted by rich people wanting an "exotic" hunting experience, like Karl Rove. Because hunting in Texas = fattening up and practically domesticating wild animals and then shooting them when they come to get their normal meal that the hunters themselves provide. Which is why we need to protect gun rights and let people keep buying automatic weapons, naturally.
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