Comments for Zen and the art of tightrope walking http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com Trying to stay in balance Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:57:21 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Solstice: Saluto Sol Invictus! by viv66 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/solstice-saluto-sol-invictus/#comment-1379 viv66 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:57:21 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=680#comment-1379 Thank you. As opoetoo commented I catch haikus from time to time and then get stuck with them till the "virus" wears off; it's better than catching limericks though!! Thank you. As opoetoo commented I catch haikus from time to time and then get stuck with them till the “virus” wears off; it’s better than catching limericks though!!

]]> Comment on Solstice: Saluto Sol Invictus! by poettraveler http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/solstice-saluto-sol-invictus/#comment-1378 poettraveler Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:59:25 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=680#comment-1378 your haikus are sublime. i read with great interest your thoughts about the solstice and then your desciption of the walk you took. know what you mean. you write wonderful narrative. that last sentence you wrote - "winter is still going to grip my soul a long while" - resonated with me. it echoes my own sentiment and also my hope for warmer times. winter holds spring chained in a cave of ice forever, or maybe not. your haikus are sublime. i read with great interest your thoughts about the solstice and then your desciption of the walk you took. know what you mean. you write wonderful narrative. that last sentence you wrote – “winter is still going to grip my soul a long while” – resonated with me. it echoes my own sentiment and also my hope for warmer times.

winter holds
spring chained
in a cave of ice
forever, or
maybe not.

]]> Comment on Christmas by Candlelight by poettraveler http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/christmas-by-candlelight/#comment-1377 poettraveler Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:44:23 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-1377 The photos is beautiful - the image shines its tranquility across your page. Christmas blessings be on you and yours, Viv. The photos is beautiful – the image shines its tranquility across your page. Christmas blessings be on you and yours, Viv.

]]> Comment on Solstice: Saluto Sol Invictus! by viv66 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/solstice-saluto-sol-invictus/#comment-1376 viv66 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:08:05 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=680#comment-1376 atishoo, she says snuffles in clouds of Kleenex feels very sorry hehehe, Merry Christmas to you too! atishoo, she says
snuffles in clouds of Kleenex
feels very sorry

hehehe, Merry Christmas to you too!

]]> Comment on Solstice: Saluto Sol Invictus! by opoetoo http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/solstice-saluto-sol-invictus/#comment-1375 opoetoo Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:02:13 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=680#comment-1375 now look at you. you knew your immunities were low and you went out and caught haikus again! that bleak beach she walks cold air blows in from Japan she speaks their cadence Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!! now look at you.
you knew your immunities were low and you went out and caught haikus again!

that bleak beach she walks
cold air blows in from Japan
she speaks their cadence

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!

]]> Comment on Solstice: Saluto Sol Invictus! by viv66 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/solstice-saluto-sol-invictus/#comment-1374 viv66 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 19:08:46 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=680#comment-1374 I didn't take my camera with me as I actually thought the dog would step out the front door, put her paws on the snow and give me that look that says, "Are you out of your tiny human mind, woman?" so very clearly. It's a fairly bleak sort of beach in the winter time, and still pretty deserted in the summer, because it's north of the pleasure beach that attracts the grockles. I had a nice chat with an old guy I sometimes meets who has four big labradors, all from rescue centres, and it was good to hear of someone so devoted to his animals. My dog had her winter coat on, that only comes out when there is snow about; I don't believe generally in dressing up dogs, but I think she was glad of it. More snow maybe tonight, but certainly ice. I can deal better with cold than with heat, usually, but there are times as I get older when the cold just hurts! have a peaceful and blessed Christmas! xx I didn’t take my camera with me as I actually thought the dog would step out the front door, put her paws on the snow and give me that look that says, “Are you out of your tiny human mind, woman?” so very clearly.
It’s a fairly bleak sort of beach in the winter time, and still pretty deserted in the summer, because it’s north of the pleasure beach that attracts the grockles. I had a nice chat with an old guy I sometimes meets who has four big labradors, all from rescue centres, and it was good to hear of someone so devoted to his animals. My dog had her winter coat on, that only comes out when there is snow about; I don’t believe generally in dressing up dogs, but I think she was glad of it.
More snow maybe tonight, but certainly ice. I can deal better with cold than with heat, usually, but there are times as I get older when the cold just hurts!
have a peaceful and blessed Christmas!
xx

]]> Comment on Solstice: Saluto Sol Invictus! by Some People Just Hide In Plain Sight http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/solstice-saluto-sol-invictus/#comment-1373 Some People Just Hide In Plain Sight Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:54:43 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=680#comment-1373 "The beach frozen and layered with snow" What a description. I feel like I'm walking on it with you. The beach, where in my mind I feel is eternally warm, really gives off that winter feeling when it's frozen and covered in snow, that's for sure. I'm with you. I can only be cold for so long. “The beach frozen and layered with snow” What a description. I feel like I’m walking on it with you.

The beach, where in my mind I feel is eternally warm, really gives off that winter feeling when it’s frozen and covered in snow, that’s for sure. I’m with you. I can only be cold for so long.

]]> Comment on Christmas by Candlelight by viv66 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/christmas-by-candlelight/#comment-1372 viv66 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:40:34 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-1372 Thank you, that is just what it is. I have a small area above a bookcase in the living room that acts as a sort of Lararium, that is the small household shrine, where candles are lit and prayers said. It gets changed around seasonally and today, I finally made it ready for this season. Christmas blessings to you and yours! Thank you, that is just what it is.
I have a small area above a bookcase in the living room that acts as a sort of Lararium, that is the small household shrine, where candles are lit and prayers said. It gets changed around seasonally and today, I finally made it ready for this season.
Christmas blessings to you and yours!

]]> Comment on Christmas by Candlelight by Robert G. Longpré http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/christmas-by-candlelight/#comment-1371 Robert G. Longpré Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:36:44 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=682#comment-1371 A beautiful photo, Viv. In some ways, it looks like an invitation to spirit to enter. Merry Christmas. A beautiful photo, Viv. In some ways, it looks like an invitation to spirit to enter. Merry Christmas.

]]> Comment on How to survive Christmas..and almost anything else! by viv66 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/how-to-survive-christmas-and-almost-anything-else/#comment-1370 viv66 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:05:56 +0000 http://zenandtheartoftightropewalking.wordpress.com/?p=678#comment-1370 I'm OK, thanks. I just never manage to get into the whole Christmas thing at all. Thank you for being here and your kind comments! v I’m OK, thanks. I just never manage to get into the whole Christmas thing at all.
Thank you for being here and your kind comments!
v

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