Lucy would be happy with me.  I have been slowly simmering a dislike for the people across the road who are always playing their music.  What I need to learn, is that living in Mexico, one must learn to accept a non-democratic soundtrack in one’s life here.  However, is it not nice to sometimes just hear the birds sing and the burros neigh?  But such is life.   Today I had stepped out on the patio to read a Tom Robbins book that I am
researching, when I heard the crackle of flames on dry brush.   There was a grass fire across the road that was threatening one of the houses on the neighbor’s land.  Kath and Liz, our neighbors were up above on their side of the road tryng to combat the blaze with a hose from Carlos’ house where there is essentially no water pressure.   The wind had picked up and there was the chance that the fire might jump across the cobblestones to our land.  I ran across the road to tell the boss there was a fire threatening his property.  He actually thanked me as I went back to our house to get a hose to water down the upper part of our property.  He sent his gardener up the hill with two buckets of water…when the kid ran out, I filled his buckets from our hose..anyhow the blaze was extinguished and all is well.  Maybe now I have ace in hand at the Karma Cotillion… perhaps now the music may be lowered now and then.  Ahh the Grace of the Universe.  Not only do I love life, but I love Lucy!

…so that I can learn that I will never be the person I am not.  This is the deck I have been handed…and, yes, it is a royal flush.  Just what I need, I have been gracefully given this chance to prosper.  My weekly visits with Bill Reiner are so absolutely provocative and special.  I am blessed and I know it.  The sun is rising over our day here in Mexico, Gracias Dios, for the energy that is seducing me to return to the Source of all things.  I remember a night maybe 7 or 8 years ago with Tomas and the folks from Wakan Community…I remember the opulent bed of gratitude that I found myself luxuriating in…relaxing deep into the Wisdom of my ancestors.  I remember the glorious acknowledgment of all my teachers.  I remember all of this today..as Bhagwan said, "The Fish in the Sea is not Thirsty"…Oh Sweet Remembrance!

Here are some photos of my dear companions taken in the studio over the weekend.  They see and hear it all.  Patzky is usually under one of the tables…he has been known to get in chairs like Wheels, she always manages to find comfort.  Giussepi Birdie just squawks.  I wish that I could free him, but his whole life has been in a cage.  How would he survive?  Harris and Leslie gave him to us when they left town 2 years ago.  I heard that they were in Argentina…I have lots to do this week…work, immigration stuff, send out some art, dinner tonight in town, a class on Thursday…and start this Tee shirt design…Richard has always said that I should do Tee Shirts…what’s a man to do? here goes…

That is a very good question.  And I am not going to answer it with a lot of artistic filigree.  I’m just a man. I have been awarded some gifts in this life which I am eternally grateful for and I feel totally blessed in receiving.  My home and life with Richard is abundant and full.  I love all of our animals dearly…I have some absolutely incredible friends world wide.  And.."Who am I to stand and wonder while the wheels of fate slowly grind my life away" (heard over 40 years ago by Country Joe and the Fish).  Bring it on, Fate…come on, Big Foot called Life!

I have a piece of glass and metal cabinetry in my studio that I call "The Cooker".  Object come and go from it all the time, including my necklaces that I make.  The Cooker is where objects simmer and eventually join other objects in Idealand.  Idealand is a time and place that has no place in time…it floats..so to speak.  I oftentimes find myself in and out of Idealand depending on my mood or such stuff.  As this posting gets more vague…I experience a slight indigestive occurance going on in my body.  So, Dear Ones, have you ever felt lucky?  I consider myself lucky when I visit Idealand..Here’s to ideas!

Anado went a walkin’,
his feet were rockin’,
Richard’s camera in his hand,
his hear wasn’t combed,
kinda’ wind blown,
just an ordinary man….
                          so he took some photos around the house
                          and grounds…ordinary stuff.