Karen Pearson

On the property... Rough-in inspection passed. Moving on to filling with remaining gravel substrate and tamping. Neighbor is lending tamper...what a gift.  In my mind.... It has been my privilege to have been raised and to live among many cultures throughout my childhood and life. I have found only one thing, and that is that people are the same the world over. What unites us is far greater than anything that divides us. And in this respect, it is ignorance that takes a sole physical characteristic and uses that to define a human being. Every day I demand from me the acceptance of other's opinions and ideas of life...and of me. For those are slices of truth through which I am being gifted an aspect that - at best - I had never considered and - at worst - I had judged. It is from this perspective that I see the error in my understanding... Explanations are meant to please the mind, they need not be true. Nisargadatta

In my head... When I lie to you, I treat you as someone who cannot be reasoned with or related to. Sam Harris Yes, that quote ended in a preposition. Rarely is speaking as clean pressed as writing. Words are signals pointing out direction or possibilities. Choices are actually test questions. When we make the "make" choice, we "know." The wrong choice creates chaos that we misundertand as "bad" rather than an opportunity to re-cognize and assess the situation as "not ours." Dio On the property... I re-leveled the gate today after the boulder placement knocked the gate wheel rest out of its pocket. The picture shows the inside of the gate with the copper bar across to keep the gate stable during high winds. The door to the left is a solid wood salvaged door from gaia. The handles on the door are carved from a red cedar tree struck by lightning forming the zodiacal "Y" sign of Aries, the other half of the Y is on the other side of the doo...