Miscellaneous Missives

"Walking Blessing" by Jan L. Richardson That each step may be a shedding. That you will let yourself become lost. That when it looks like you're going backwards you may be making progress. That progress is not the goal anyway, but presence to the feel of the path on your skin, to the way it reshapes you in each place it makes contact, to the way you cannot see it until the moment you have stepped out. © Jan L. Richardson In Wisdom's Path: Discovering the Sacred in Every Season This evening was the second week of An Altar in the World book study.   One of our activities was to use a "finger labyrinth".  We we were to pray our prayer, navigate the labyrinth to the middle, leave the prayer with God, and navigate our way back to the start following our finger through the labyrinth.  The labyrinth we used was a replica of the Chartres Labyrinth in France.  I said my prayer, quickly entered the center, left my prayer with God, and became los...

Powderhorn 24 was complete at 7pm yesterday.  It was another fun experience even though we did our group ride (first ride of the 24 hours) in the rain.  Actually, we spent a couple hours in the rain and several hours after in wet.  The weather (after Friday's rain) for  year's ride (24 hour relay is maybe the best way to explain) was wonderful.  We had two new members for the ride, but I think we all bonded and had a great time.  All of us kept the tradition of sporting our tutus.  I love the group ride at the beginning and end when we all have our tutus.  It's quite a sight. One thing we focused on this year was doing more bonus laps.  Some of the bonus laps are better than others.  For example, one member had to have hot sauce poured on her tongue then eat a tortilla.  Another member had to sit in a circle and answer Richard Gere trivia.  It wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't taken so long.  During the time of t...