Wednesday, So, I just looked at my calendar and noticed that tomorrow is Earth day. I remember when I was thirteen that in Vermont there was a day each Spring that was called Green Up Day, which I hardily joined in on. It was fun. My friend Tim and I went out in back of his house where there were some woods. I remember cleaning up any junk that was around. I do recall that there were other neighbors too. Wonder if that was on Earth Day, just by a different name in Vermont?
I am painting the doors in my condo, a nice shade of red called calif. poppy. Inspired by the colors I have seen in various Buddhist settings. The trim on the door will be a color called sweet mandarin, a sort of burnt orange color. I wonder what my daughter will say when she comes home from college and sees it!
While reading the book "Divine Beauty" I came across this piece by Juan Ramon Jimenez called Oceans.
I have a feeling that my boat
has struck, down there in the depths,
against a great thing.
And nothing
happens! Nothing........Silence.......Waves
Nothing happens? Or has everything happened,
And are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?