I had the “Lockdown Haircut” and am pretty satisfied with the result. Thank you to my wife for braving the scissors.
2020
Days lack little variety right now. A job in the garden might take me down one road, or a work related task might keep me busier than usual, but they all happen at home, in the same environment. Yet some days feel easy and others feel like a slog!
Meditating soon. 🧘🏼♂️
Watering the garden, late afternoon.
The rollercoaster of life right now. Not that life isn’t ever a rollercoaster, at least for me, but that now the constraints on me are tighter (fewer places to run to for me and everyone else in my immediate life), and so the ride can at times feel more pronounced. 🎢
Reminder of daily meditations through April
Monday, April 13, 2020
Update on December 18, 2022: I have now archived the video on my YouTube page. Just a reminder that I am offering a daily meditation through April. You can either join me at 1:00pm Hawaii time or all videos are archived (daily streams can take 12hours+ to upload 😳) so you can watch in your own time. Just visit my YouTube page. 🧘🏼♂️
Can anyone help me in creating a Service item using Automator’s Quick Action, to take text and send it to the OSX Micro.blog app? I am good with the preliminaries, but get stuck on how to call MB’s URL scheme, microblog://post?text=Hello%20world. Which Automator action do I use?
Easter Sunday project. To start going through travel slides from decades ago. I’m wondering what forgotten memories I shall unearth?
Dusk this evening.
This week has seen some unusually still weather here on Maui. That and the lack of traffic made last night quiet and still. Sitting outside at dusk my wife, Melissa, commented that it was as though the weather was in concert with life on this island right now. Slowing down.
Journaling while in Self-Isolation
Saturday, April 11, 2020
I have long kept a journal. For me it started as a record of my travels during the late 1980’s. Since returning from those journeys my journal has become a place to share what has been on my mind, to explore my thoughts and work through them. It has been a place to just write with no goal. The passage of time Journaling as a daily activity has embed and flowed.
Ending day 27’ish of isolation listening to Windham Hill Sampler ‘96. The music feels suitably reflective to suit the time and space that I (we) find ourselves in. 🎵
I allowed myself to sit and read this afternoon. Not to do. There always seems to be something to do around the house or garden. Even better, others let me sit and read without asking me to do X,Y, or Z!
It’s quite common to see hitchhikers here on Maui, but I did think that social distancing would mean that there would be none on the road? Apparently not. There are fewer for sure, but in my occasional trips out I have seen a few and none of them were wearing masks.
One of those days which never really feels as though it gets going, such that by the end of it there is a sense of frustration and a “cross my fingers” that I am not there tomorrow.
One piece of gold that I am taking away from the last (almost) four weeks in self-isolation with the family, is the re-igniting of my yoga practice. I have been using Pocket Yoga to lead me through practices. 🙏🏻
Morning light.
Today’s harvest. An early crop of salad greens forced on us by an infestation of beatles.
The small town of Paia here on Maui earlier this morning. I was sad to see this sight.
Paia here on Maui early this morning. I’m sad to see this.
Apart from very heavy rain last night, we have been blessed with some beautifully still evenings the last few days. No wind and a comfortable temperature at dusk. Feeling blessed in these difficult times.
New Introduction to Self-Isolating Meditation Sessions
Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Update on December 18, 2022: I have now archived the video on my YouTube page. For those who joined the first Self-Isolating Meditation Sessions today, I apologize for the loss of sound at the end of the session. I have figured out the problem and I hopefully will be good to go for tomorrow. I have now removed this session from my YouTube page and added an Introduction video (YouTube video link).
My wife and I watched Roman Holiday last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was lovely to watch an old black & white movie, never mind a good one at that! 🍿
Aaahhh. It is finally raining. I can feel the pressure in my head easing off. The weather had been so heavy and muggy, and with it I had an uncomfortable headache.
An Invitation to some Self-Isolating Meditation Sessions
Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Starting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 7, I shall be offering a free virtual meditation session each day, probably through April. The intention is to give me and hopefully you a break during your day, a time to come back to yourself in a world of self-isolation. Details on how to join me or watch later are in the invitation below. No experience is required, just a wish to stop, breathe, be with yourself and let the world carry on without you for a few minutes.
Starting Tuesday I will be offering short virtual daily meditation sessions, no experience necessary. I hope these will offer an opportunity to come back to yourself during our days of self-isolation. Interested? Please contact me.
Another beautiful evening sitting by the fire. No wind. Perfectly still. The rain is on it’s way.
I sit here by the fire, watching a couple of night time flights coming into Maui and one leave the island, and I wonder just who is on those airplanes? Flights coming in have declined. Daily arrivals have plummeted to barely double digits.
Late night, sitting outside by a fire.
I love this artwork of Normandy by David Hockney. I feel that they a simple freshness to them and a celebration of life, even more poignant in this time of uncertainty.
The vegetable garden at sunrise this morning.
