Just back from our first hike of 2010 - it was superb! Max gave us a special New Year's treat - he did the entire walk off-leash for the first time in any of our lives! And hopped back in the car at the finish! Many and sincere thanks to Ivory, Mackey and Roux for helping him stay "on the path" - literally and figuratively.
The picture may not be regarded as lovely, unless you cherish the sight of the James River in its infinite number of looks, as we do. What a wonderful way to begin 2010.
I'll also for the first time (I think) post a tiny video from this morning. My videos will improve, but as you can see they have lots of improving to do.
All best, and have a superb 2010,
Jay and my four legged family.
PS Read on below this video:
(Hear the Pileated Woodpecker off in the distance?
Roux lopes past, Ivory saunters along, Mackey stands
sentinel ahead, I think looking at Max in the woods)
Here's the PS: I have many times read a book called ILLUSIONS by Richard Bach, 1977. In it he posits that if you need to read something, you'll read it somewhere, and you don't have to look for it - it will come to you. Perhaps that's true, perhaps not. There are also coincidences.
Anyway, I'm currently reading another book called The Miracle of Mindfulness by a Vietnamese Buddhist monk named Thich Nhat Hanh, 1975, more or less. You can read the full text on the web at:
So I'm taking a break from working on this blog entry and on my break I'm waiting for that particular video to upload. And I was reading that book. And the chapter I'm up to - seriously - is
"TWO: The Miracle Is to Walk on Earth" |
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And these are the words I read: "People usually consider walking on water or on thin air a miracle. but I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or on thin air, but to walk on earth.
Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognize: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child -- our own two eyes.
All is a miracle." |
So, hey, what can I say? Happy New Year!
