Lycaenidae

Steadfast

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Recently returned from California. A blissful vacation. Many adventures, friends and family, relaxation and discovery. Mark and I took a chi kung class with a 90 year old Taoist priest who is a living inspiration. He is infinitely more limber and flexible than I but I am working on it. He has the mojo. The place and the practice sharpened amd broadened and focused my scope and perspective. Still digesting it all. I miss being submerged in steamy hot sulfur water under a dark sky with billions and billions of stars. I miss not knowing what day it is and measuring time by the sun and the rumbling of my stomach. I miss the peanut butter and apple butter. But it’s not all looking back or regret. I hold these reserves of strength and joy knowing this place and the people there and how the place affects and is affected by the people who pass through…it exists in my absence and affected who I am now. And I can cherish the stillness of moments but life is not stagnant nor would I be happy with it that way. Tonight, I had my first Cantonese lesson. Moving forward with melody.