December 31st, 2009

In which I share with you some of my prized possessions.
Part Two: The Yoga Aphorisms of Patanjali
This is a pocket-sized copy of Patanjali’s sutras:

I bought it at Powell’s Books a long, long time ago.
Sutra means suture or stitch.
I’ve kept this book while letting go of hundreds of others because it represented a fork in [...]

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In which I do go on about vacation and Amma and work.
I will go on vacation in nine days. NINE DAYS. I can’t remember the last time I needed a vacation so very badly.
I can’t wait to zip up my rolly case and go to the airport. I can’t wait to get on the plane [...]

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November 6th, 2008

In which Mata Amritanandamayi Devi is in Europe right now.
Mother is finishing up Her European tour and is currently in Finland:

After Europe, She’ll be back in the States for the fall North American tour. (There’s a program and retreat in Michigan that starts on the 30th, but I think it’s probably too late for me [...]

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June 1st, 2008

In which I’m at the retreat in Puyallup.
Amped! is the coolest chick EVAR. She came to my motel all on her own volition, she chose a kick ass restaurant in Kent for brunch, she has the cutest baby, and she drove me (and Leela) to our Puyallup motel. I *heart* her, and it was [...]

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May 29th, 2008

In which I take the longest bus ride EVAR.
Woke up at K’s this morning. He may have tried to let me sleep in, but he tends to look at me while I’m sleeping [the utter weirdo] and the attention wakes me up. (At least he has the grace to make the coffee.) We lounged around, [...]

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April 15th, 2008

In which my plans are quite suddenly changed.
Saturday night my entire band had a long practice. After, Curtis and I went out and Becca showed up. We met a wine writer from Seattle and hung out with her all night, even dragged her to after hours for a bit. I got drunk. Around three in [...]

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November 18th, 2007

In which I finally get around to it. Sort of.
Last summer I started writing a post about seeing Amma, my guru, and I promised to finish it and publish it. I never did. I think I still have a draft saved, but it’s one of those things that must be written immediately – before the [...]

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July 8th, 2007

In which it’s good to be home.
(First of all, let me just get it out of the way: I love my blue dog soooo much! K thx.)
Saying “I had such a good time at Amma!” is so silly I’m not even going to say it. I didn’t have ‘a good time,’ I was led back [...]

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July 6th, 2007

In which I say hi. (“Hi!”)
Greetings from Oak Brook, Illinois, where I live in a hotel room at a Marriott with NLW, who came down with a sinus infection and hasn’t left the room in 30 hours! I watched fireworks from the parking lot on the 4th and it was good. I have eaten enough [...]

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May 8th, 2007

In which it’s good to be home. In other words: I’m back, bitches!
Oh, people, I had so much fun in Vail! It was, on the surface, a really lovely little jaunt. The surroundings were awesome, the gig went well, I did some knitting, I bonded with the other players in the band, we pre-sold some [...]

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January 30th, 2007

In which the Movement is moving to the center of the nation.
AmmZon told me this morning that she’d heard that the Big M had decided to build a peace palace or something in Kansas, so I immediately googled it. It’s totally fascinating! The Movement really has bought 600 acres in north-central Kansas, and they plan [...]

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