Thursday, July 19, 2007
Mango On The Far Side...
that was : mango ice cream, on the side of the dessert plate...only one of the marvelous treats we four shared last night at Paul and Steve's little birthday celebration at Indus Valley, our neighborhood Indian restaurant with the best food you can imagine! It was just core family: Peter, Paul, Steve and me...and it was so relaxed and nice...and, as above mentioned, the meal was truly wonderful....most importantly, it enabled us to share a warm and quiet time with those two before they fly off to San Francisco this morning...they will spend a month or so in their SF home....I hope Peter and I can join them out West later in August...we shall see if that is possible.
Peter found a very beautiful pecha (sp.?) cover for Paul in which he can store the Tibetan scriptures he is studying....beautiful red silk in a dark wood frame, with room for the writings, and pockets for the various visualization cards,etc...quite perfect ,really... Peter also found a fun and funny cartoon book about a cat named Dharma....Steve seemed to enjoy it...I hope so.
and the waiters all gathered around he table, served the delicious mango ice cream treats mentioned in the blog title and sang Happy Birthday to the guys..there were even candles stuck in the small mound of sweet fried cheese next to the ice cream...two plates of small sweet treats...also perfect. A fine family evening.
Raucous day of teaching yesterday....many hours....including a quick run down to Judy keller's for a national network voice over audition...and back in time for the wonderful Maria B. for her 4:00- lesson....I worked all the way until 8:00...so proud of all these students...these are serious ones, devoted to their own careers and artistic growth. A pleasure to be with each one.
Tonight, Janice G. and Susan D. are our dinner guests...Peter and I will cook a nice meal...tomorrow: our darling Kate G...have not seen her in too long a time...that will be fun too. What with Kevin K. 's visit starting out the week and dinner parties all the way through Friday, this has been an uncharacteristically social week for us....we have so many people we want to catch up with..and now is the time, since we have the time. God knows what the future holds, but it's good to have our lovely home, our privileged life, and each other , to enjoy it in and with. Every day, especially in meditation sessions, I feel the gratitude and good fortune.
Late yesterday afternoon, right at Grand Central Staton on the East Side, a 24" steam pipe underground blew up and created quite a horrific scene, as an enormous crater was created by the exploding steam, debris and water....NYC: The Big Apple, I fear, has more of this sort of infrastructural rot that we can possibly imagine....this city is not young, and its bones are wearing out.....there is no way that the wear and tear of Time has not weakened more of the many miles of piping and bridging that help this place run...so, who knows what will blow up or collapse beneath us? It's stunning, the possibilities....yet another reason why New Yorkers create a fog around themselves in order the survive on a daily basis: it's too scary to live in reality......who can blame them (us?).....
Life and, as it happens, New York streets, are so fragile.
Peter found a very beautiful pecha (sp.?) cover for Paul in which he can store the Tibetan scriptures he is studying....beautiful red silk in a dark wood frame, with room for the writings, and pockets for the various visualization cards,etc...quite perfect ,really... Peter also found a fun and funny cartoon book about a cat named Dharma....Steve seemed to enjoy it...I hope so.
and the waiters all gathered around he table, served the delicious mango ice cream treats mentioned in the blog title and sang Happy Birthday to the guys..there were even candles stuck in the small mound of sweet fried cheese next to the ice cream...two plates of small sweet treats...also perfect. A fine family evening.
Raucous day of teaching yesterday....many hours....including a quick run down to Judy keller's for a national network voice over audition...and back in time for the wonderful Maria B. for her 4:00- lesson....I worked all the way until 8:00...so proud of all these students...these are serious ones, devoted to their own careers and artistic growth. A pleasure to be with each one.
Tonight, Janice G. and Susan D. are our dinner guests...Peter and I will cook a nice meal...tomorrow: our darling Kate G...have not seen her in too long a time...that will be fun too. What with Kevin K. 's visit starting out the week and dinner parties all the way through Friday, this has been an uncharacteristically social week for us....we have so many people we want to catch up with..and now is the time, since we have the time. God knows what the future holds, but it's good to have our lovely home, our privileged life, and each other , to enjoy it in and with. Every day, especially in meditation sessions, I feel the gratitude and good fortune.
Late yesterday afternoon, right at Grand Central Staton on the East Side, a 24" steam pipe underground blew up and created quite a horrific scene, as an enormous crater was created by the exploding steam, debris and water....NYC: The Big Apple, I fear, has more of this sort of infrastructural rot that we can possibly imagine....this city is not young, and its bones are wearing out.....there is no way that the wear and tear of Time has not weakened more of the many miles of piping and bridging that help this place run...so, who knows what will blow up or collapse beneath us? It's stunning, the possibilities....yet another reason why New Yorkers create a fog around themselves in order the survive on a daily basis: it's too scary to live in reality......who can blame them (us?).....
Life and, as it happens, New York streets, are so fragile.
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