tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33116282024-03-06T23:50:34.662-08:00emdot :::emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.comBlogger1916125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-67841902097464676762011-11-13T14:36:00.001-08:002011-11-13T14:36:28.073-08:00Moving my blog<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/6342170774/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6056/6342170774_637ff7ed79.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/6342170774/">moving my blog</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> It's time. You can catch me at <a href="http://emdot.com">emdot official</a>. :)<br /><br />Took me long enough. :)</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-14325834571320361492011-05-26T21:26:00.001-07:002011-05-26T21:26:55.676-07:00Hi, we're cute<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/night_reader/4980729384/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4083/4980729384_849dc409a8.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/night_reader/4980729384/">msh0910-1 "Tummy"</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/night_reader/">Night Reader Bev</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-51338413517248051772011-05-25T18:39:00.001-07:002011-05-25T18:39:50.696-07:00The Quail of Baileyana<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5759872231/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2724/5759872231_eeff6ea445.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5759872231/">Quail in the vineyard (part I)</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I heard an EEP!<br /><br />What the heck. I stopped.<br /><br />And then I heard it again.<br /><br />EEP!<br /><br />It was a quail. A quail in the vineyard. The cutest, boldest quail. Most quail run away when you approach. Not this guy. He stood his ground and said EEP.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-65847977327511482932011-05-25T14:45:00.001-07:002011-05-25T14:45:09.582-07:00It's been blooming for months<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5759328287/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/5759328287_54096622cb.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5759328287/">The lunch tree</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I love sitting near this tree on my lunch hour. I love walking up to it. I love sitting near it. I love seeing from afar.<br /><br />Whoever chose to plant this tree should get a medal. Or at least a lunch and a handshake. Or a plaque with his or her name on it. "Smart cookie," it could say.<br /><br />Such a pretty tree.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-76335551679768973902011-05-23T11:00:00.001-07:002011-05-23T11:00:46.755-07:00San Francisco was lovely<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5751309005/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/5751309005_e71fd373c8.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5751309005/">North Beach Church</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> </p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-21380041474480258012011-04-27T14:12:00.000-07:002011-04-27T14:13:40.193-07:00A Boy's Life<object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdummy1000%2Fsets%2F1076096%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdummy1000%2Fsets%2F1076096%2F&set_id=1076096&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdummy1000%2Fsets%2F1076096%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fdummy1000%2Fsets%2F1076096%2F&set_id=1076096&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />This set made my day today.emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-43854306987229623262011-04-26T19:57:00.001-07:002011-04-26T19:57:54.479-07:00Morning Flyby - Explored 12/19/2009<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enelson81/4193464533/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2533/4193464533_879ede66e6.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enelson81/4193464533/">Morning Flyby - Explored 12/19/2009</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/enelson81/">Eric "Claptøn" Nelsøn</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I just love this image. As seen on Flickr.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-21773391952182703282011-03-31T12:25:00.001-07:002011-03-31T12:25:50.672-07:00In awe of the light show<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5576637269/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5302/5576637269_bee4f95d41.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5576637269/">In awe of the light show</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I'm loving this photo.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-31153228357021130182010-10-05T13:16:00.001-07:002010-10-05T13:16:42.939-07:00Happiness is...<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5055341080/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5055341080_f3ef0d13a7.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/5055341080/">Happiness is...</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Funny how old photos will sometimes slink back into your life. This photo has been beckoning me now for over a week. Lovely spring.<br /><br />Other happiness is's:<br /><br /><ul><br /><li>Noon time coffee</li><br /><li>During an overcast, flirting with stormy, day</li><br /><li><a href="http://camillaengman.blogspot.com/2010/10/fitted-baby-cot-sheet.html">Cool art for cribs</a></li><br /><li><a href="http://checkoutgirlcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/10/behind-every-ornament-is-back-of.html">Cool art from kids</a></li><br /></ul></p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-20930396232109110602010-09-15T07:38:00.001-07:002010-09-15T07:53:24.351-07:00What the world needs now is love sweet love<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4962497490/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/4962497490_09df166233.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4962497490/">my first banksy</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> <blockquote>What the world needs more than anything is bodhisattvas, active servants of peace, “clothed,” as Longchenpa said, “in the armor of perseverance,” dedicated to their bodhisattva vision and to the spreading of wisdom into all reaches of our experience. We need bodhisattva lawyers, bodhisattva artists and politicians, bodhisattva doctors and economists, bodhisattva teachers and scientists, bodhisattva technicians and engineers, bodhisattvas everywhere, working consciously as channels of compassion and wisdom at every level and in every situation of society; working to transform their minds and actions and those of others, working tirelessly in the certain knowledge of the support of the buddhas and enlightened beings for the preservation of our world and for a more merciful future.<br /><br />— Sogyal Rinpoche</blockquote></p><br /><br />and one more....<br /><br /><blockquote>In Tibet we say: “Negative action has one good quality: it can be purified.” So there is always hope. Even murderers and the most hardened criminals can change and overcome the conditioning that led them to their crimes. Our present condition, if we use it skillfully and with wisdom, can be an inspiration to free ourselves from the bondage of suffering.<br /><br />— Sogyal Rinpoche</blockquote><br /><br />So good. :)emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-1008407836554260822010-09-06T10:37:00.000-07:002010-09-06T10:38:18.652-07:00Yesterday was my birthday and I got a song :)<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"> <param name="flashvars" value="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=8f04bf5c3e&photo_id=4962221019"></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377"></param> <param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/video/stewart.swf?v=71377" bgcolor="#000000" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="intl_lang=en-us&photo_secret=8f04bf5c3e&photo_id=4962221019" height="300" width="400"></embed></object><br /><br />Thanks Patrick! It's so great! :)emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-11806473358737971082010-08-29T15:34:00.000-07:002010-08-29T15:35:38.981-07:00I'm making a quilt<object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Femdot%2Fsets%2F72157624630965582%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Femdot%2Fsets%2F72157624630965582%2F&set_id=72157624630965582&jump_to="></param> <param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Femdot%2Fsets%2F72157624630965582%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Femdot%2Fsets%2F72157624630965582%2F&set_id=72157624630965582&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-3039398060339991422010-08-21T00:06:00.000-07:002010-08-21T00:20:26.669-07:00a year and half late, but...<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4867095457/" title="IMG_7633 by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4867095457_6964fa3d0e.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="IMG_7633" /></a><br /><br />i never watched Lost while it was the it-tv-show that the rest of the world watched and fretted over. steve and i only started it two months ago (give or take -- okay take -- two weeks). we tore through it. so delicious.<br /><br />we watched season 1 through 5 like junkies do their drug of choice. another hit. another hit. another hit. more more more.<br /><br />we finished season five a week ago and have to wait until tuesday for season six to be released on dvd to see the final season. this hiatus has given me time to think and ponder over the ending of season 5 and wtf it means and yadda yadda.<br /><br />so while i know the rest of the human race has moved on, i'm stuck in that limbo that was may 2009 - january 2010. :) and i thought i would just write down one thought i have before i see the last season.<br /><br />in season five we see jacob visit all of our lostaways back in the united states. kate and sawyer when they were still kids (kate steals the NKOTB lunch box; sawyer is writing his letter after his parents' funeral.) with the others they are adults. the receiving line of sun and jin's wedding. right before jack rats out his dad; right before sayid sees his wife killed in the crosswalk; right after hurley is released from jail.<br /><br />what's it all mean, alfie?<br /><br />so my guess is that jacob visits them all right before they lose their innocence and hope. .... jacob is the serpent. he hands our lostway protagonists the apple from the tree of knowledge, knowing they will take a bite.<br /><br />i'll read this again after i see season six. i wonder if i'm right.<br /><br /><strong>related:</strong> <a href="http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/lost/the_incident_1.php?page=29">Television Without Pity recapper ponders the jacob meetings</a>.emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-90795045400488630582010-05-04T00:08:00.001-07:002010-05-04T00:10:44.957-07:00the headstrong pachyderm<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4577101077/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4577101077_e8c8a8ee47.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4577101077/">the headstrong pachyderm</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> my latest encounter with the elephant in the book stacks. (<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/tags/elephant/">more pachyderm encounters of the photographic kind</a>).</p><br /><br />and making things come full circle... inbox. zero. elefante. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/3352026306/" title="note to self by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3548/3352026306_999cfb8755.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="note to self" /></a>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-62403208737402638632010-05-03T11:20:00.000-07:002010-05-03T11:27:56.161-07:00inbox zeroI'm a big believer in <a href="http://www.43folders.com/43-folders-series-inbox-zero">Inbox0</a> and I've also had great success with it. When my email inbox does begin to creep up (27, 53, 75, 108) I will admit to my life being less organized and I'm probably busier than I should be, too.<br /><br />My inbox has been hovering somewhere between 70 and 78 for more than two weeks (probably more than a month as I was sick most of April). I knew I needed to tackle it -- and I did start, only to be met with a flurry of new emails.<br /><br />Friday evening I'd made great progress. Monday morning I was wrapping it up. Gaining momentum. Picking 'em off, addressing the need, and moving on.<br /><br />With 13 email left, I fired a reply to my student assistant (not yet in the office; probably in class) acknowledging a week-old email and thanking him for some insight and work.<br /><br />His reply:<blockquote>Somebody's on a mission towards Inbox 0.<br /><br />I take it this email didn't help.<br /><br />Jerry</blockquote>He knows me very well. And no, the email didn't help. :)<br /><br />And in the meantime another email came in, so once again: just 13 more to go! :)emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-62733120352442188832010-04-01T11:25:00.000-07:002010-04-01T11:27:29.332-07:00My Little April Fool's Project<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kennedylibrary/4482201872/" title="April Fool's from the Kennedy Library by Kennedy Library, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4482201872_443ea2a538.jpg" width="500" height="451" alt="April Fool's from the Kennedy Library" /></a><br /><br />I blog and tell the whole story (lots of pictures, too) on my work blog, <a href="http://lib.calpoly.edu/blog/autologic/2010/04/01/you-kids-need-to-calm-down/">Autologic</a>. Check it out! It really made my day. :)emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-32797888523331831322010-03-29T23:18:00.001-07:002010-03-29T23:21:19.083-07:00oh my dear mr. bun<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/automatt/4474847586/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2712/4474847586_43c967240f.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/automatt/4474847586/"></a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/automatt/">Automatt</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment">(actually, this photo is better without any of my trying-to-be-witty comments. i love this photo.) thanks, Matthew, for letting me blog this. :)</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-79272046256128154272010-03-29T11:58:00.001-07:002010-03-29T11:58:24.854-07:00this is me taking photos on the floor<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/95460346/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/37/95460346_a60f9ce388.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/95460346/">this is me taking photos on the floor</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I am on a quest for a certain kind of photo of levis. So of course the first place I turn to is flickr. I do an advanced search. Creative Commons. Open to commercial use. Open to being modified.<br /><br />Number one "most interesting" photo? MY PHOTO! Yea! Too bad it's not the photo I'm looking for. :)</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-91843153612216559362010-03-28T20:13:00.001-07:002010-03-28T20:13:00.648-07:00Did they ask Chuck?<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincollins/4472282208/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4019/4472282208_2fc6fc5c9a.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevincollins/4472282208/">Did they ask Chuck?</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kevincollins/">Kevin</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Love.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-46771898880177030142010-03-28T16:48:00.001-07:002010-03-28T16:48:49.970-07:00Cima on the Temblor Range<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/echo_29/4470951040/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4470951040_5fa9b8c39d.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/echo_29/4470951040/">Cima on the Temblor Range</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/echo_29/">Echo_29</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> From Echo_29: their dog Cima romping through the wild flowers in the Carrizo Plain.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-32129621185128633992010-03-23T23:03:00.001-07:002010-03-23T23:03:07.436-07:00Carrizo Not So Plain<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4457225394/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4457225394_da52a0bb08.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4457225394/">Carrizo Not So Plain</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> I shot over 500 photos on Monday. As you can see, how could I not?</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-91182337374581350952010-03-22T12:40:00.001-07:002010-03-22T12:41:51.013-07:00Oh this is the squirrel in its neighborhood<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4454444941/" title="the path to the squirrel is never straight but sometimes narrow by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4454444941_2729788162.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="the path to the squirrel is never straight but sometimes narrow" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4455248028/" title="the path to the squirrel is never straight but sometimes narrow (detail) by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2447/4455248028_e203dea1cc.jpg" width="500" height="334" alt="the path to the squirrel is never straight but sometimes narrow (detail)" /></a>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-33538096722029667842010-03-22T10:33:00.001-07:002010-03-22T10:33:09.326-07:00it's rarely a straight path<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4454917980/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4454917980_674ebc38ee.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4454917980/">it's rarely a straight path</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> so i woke up in a slightly crappy mood. not really interested in meditating. and then that kind compounded my crappy mood because here is the deal: doing what you say you are going to do helps alleviate a crappy mood. it just does. for me. and that is because it is a step of faith and commitment. as opposed to being a big talker.<br /><br />i'm so done being a big talker.<br /><br />and then i read this:<blockquote>The practice of mindfulness defuses our negativity, aggression, and turbulent emotions, which may have been gathering power over many lifetimes. Rather than suppressing emotions or indulging in them, here it is important to view them—your thoughts and whatever arises—with an acceptance and generosity that are as open and spacious as possible. Tibetan masters say that this wise generosity has the flavor of boundless space, so warm and cozy that you feel enveloped and protected by it, as if by a blanket of sunlight.<br /><br />— Sogyal Rinpoche</blockquote>And so yes. I will sit.</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-87275286603542503552010-03-21T15:22:00.000-07:002010-03-21T15:25:52.189-07:00Mustardo de Oro<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4452322618/" title="mustard de oro by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2760/4452322618_d6a41c343b.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="mustard de oro" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4451558737/" title="mustard de oro by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4451558737_0157da863d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="mustard de oro" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4451554183/" title="stripes of the pacific coast (spring version) by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4451554183_51732ba638.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="stripes of the pacific coast (spring version)" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4452337352/" title="mustard de oro by emdot, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4452337352_a2784c7081.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="mustard de oro" /></a>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3311628.post-82841801729034614962010-03-20T13:19:00.001-07:002010-03-20T13:19:23.464-07:00Montana de Oro<style type="text/css">.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }</style><div class="flickr-frame"> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4448760486/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4448760486_5577d6cbb2.jpg" class="flickr-photo" alt="" /></a><br /> <span class="flickr-caption"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/emdot/4448760486/">Montana de Oro</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/emdot/">emdot</a>.</span></div> <p class="flickr-yourcomment"> Yesterday was lovely. There will be a host of photos. :)</p>emdothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12430053380347679707noreply@blogger.com0