A look at life and love at home and abroad.

 

  Italia 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

It’s early morning.  I’m sitting in my garden meditating as I often do.  I’m watching the birds come in; taking turns bathing in the fountain.  Bright green little chubby birds I haven’t seen before and at least five other varieties.  Those “on deck” wait up in the nearby tree, chatting away as if to pass the time until it is their turn under the trickling stream. 

 

 And the birds aren’t the only visitors.  As usual, the garden is teeming with life.   A monarch butterfly comes lilting in and makes his rounds…Checking out the roses and the jasmine blossoms, ignoring the “Butterfly Plant” as if to show his rebellious nature.  Little white butterflies come flittering by, always in pairs it seems.  They dance and play and tease one another and then leave just as suddenly, as if they hear their mother calling them home. 

 

A very rotund black bee is perusing the potato vine blossoms. Not caring at all that he just displaced the two wasps who were there long before him.  Suddenly, a (bizarrely bright) orange dragon fly is on the scene.  He makes one pass after another over the pond, then begins skimming the top of the water in a very impressive water ballet.  Is he finding breakfast there or just quenching his thirst?  Another creature I mentally note I’d like to learn more about. 

 

An ocean breeze finds its way inside the garden walls.  It seems to linger for just a moment, then meanders away…maybe to see what’s up at the neighbor’s house next door? 

 

The idea for The Zen Path came in on a similar breeze one morning.  I intuitively felt it would be beneficial for my own progression to write down these musings and journal daily.  And from there, the idea grew to include my daughter and our life and travels together and to share it in this forum.

 

Lest the name mislead anyone, let us say upfront that it is not our intention to be leaders or teachers or preachers or any other sort of authority on the subject of Zen.  This is just a place to share our observations and humorous happenings as we make our way on our own paths. 

 

Along the way, if what we write provides something of value to our readers…be it a bit of insight we stumble upon or an anecdote that provides a cathartic belly laugh…well, that will just be the proverbial icing on the cake for us.