On Sunday My Mom, sister and I roadtripped it up to Mt Washington, We stopped in Jackson for some lunch, went for a short hike and stopped in Wolfboro to check out Lake Winneaupausaukee. I hadn't spent time with my sister for about 5 years and it has been great to reconnect and feel like a brother again.
On Monday my friend Herman took me out on his boat as it was 80 degrees, and the water ways were pretty mellow except for some fishing vessels, a couple of sail boats and a number of different species of birds. I took a swim off of Odiorne Point, the water was nice. Herman is an excellent captain. We talked politics, capitalism, Cuba, women and spent most of the day verbally high fiving each other for having the flexibility to take advantage of a perfect day! We docked as the sun splashed down over the city of Portsmouth about 7 hours later.
On Tuesday Morning I had a cup of tea with Chris Sterndale, he is the executive Director of the Crossroads House, a transitional home for the homeless. Just this weekend a resident of 2 months overdosed of heroin. We talked about the issue and the population. Their are many factors, lack of low income housing options, mental illness, addiction and the what is sad a general hopelessness. I'm hoping to spend some time volunteering as I am drawn to this population as I understand we they are. It is easy for people to look and say isn't that sad, or their just lazy, or they create crime and suck up our tax money. Others with resources donate much needed funds and some other volunteer time, but what I have found is most people don't need sympathy and they sure don't need to be looked down upon. I'm not sure exactly what they need, but how about starting with a smile, or an invitation to have a cup of coffee or just a simple hello and a recognition that this person is you, you are this person.
Tuesday afternoon my friend Derek, Kurt and I played some horseshoes as the warm breeze off the Pisquataqua River created a downpour of leaves from the tree in Amanda's Garden. I ate the vegetable Chili brought over that he just made for Mizuna... I ate it trying to stop thinking about the inevitable end to this delicious, healthy bowl of goodness. Later I drove over to the Aryaloka Center to join the Sangha for it's Tuesday night gathering. We did a Puja and I focused on the words and breathed up the back of my spine!
Do you think this quote by Emma Goldman is controversial?
"If voting mattered it would be against the law?"
On Tuesday Morning I had a cup of tea with Chris Sterndale, he is the executive Director of the Crossroads House, a transitional home for the homeless. Just this weekend a resident of 2 months overdosed of heroin. We talked about the issue and the population. Their are many factors, lack of low income housing options, mental illness, addiction and the what is sad a general hopelessness. I'm hoping to spend some time volunteering as I am drawn to this population as I understand we they are. It is easy for people to look and say isn't that sad, or their just lazy, or they create crime and suck up our tax money. Others with resources donate much needed funds and some other volunteer time, but what I have found is most people don't need sympathy and they sure don't need to be looked down upon. I'm not sure exactly what they need, but how about starting with a smile, or an invitation to have a cup of coffee or just a simple hello and a recognition that this person is you, you are this person.
Tuesday afternoon my friend Derek, Kurt and I played some horseshoes as the warm breeze off the Pisquataqua River created a downpour of leaves from the tree in Amanda's Garden. I ate the vegetable Chili brought over that he just made for Mizuna... I ate it trying to stop thinking about the inevitable end to this delicious, healthy bowl of goodness. Later I drove over to the Aryaloka Center to join the Sangha for it's Tuesday night gathering. We did a Puja and I focused on the words and breathed up the back of my spine!
Do you think this quote by Emma Goldman is controversial?
"If voting mattered it would be against the law?"
1 comment:
Nice quote, Peter. I've seen it somewhere before!! :)
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