For those of you wondering where I am, I am back at a temp job, but I don't have computer access until later on this week. There's not a lot for me to do at this desk until I get the computer access, so I am being paid $21.50 an hour to read "The Self-Aware Universe" by Amit Goswami:
When I get tired of that, I read "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying" by Sogyal Rinpoche:
Getting paid to read books that I want to read! That's my dream job!
Last Sunday, we had a fabulous Gathering of Friends at the Ankers' house in Granada Hills. Our theme was "Spring cleaning", and one of our group talked about how his life turned around when he was able to "let go of the past" while chanting. Things started to pick up for him from there, and his countrywestern band has landed a swell weekly gig. Various Gathering-ites will be going to hear his band play this Friday night. Michele Chavez and her husband reported on Michele's Jukai ceremony in San Francisco at the end of April. Everybody was happy and upbeat.
We're also busy planning our first-ever Gathering of Friends weekend Buddhist retreat for the last weekend in June at the Ankers' beach home in Port Hueneme, an hour or so north of Los Angeles. I think there will be a pretty big bunch of people - somewhere between ten and twenty. We will be chanting together, as well as doing some walking meditation, holding a barbecue on the beach, and (I hope, if I can get the raw materials together) making wrist juzu for our crafts project.
I will write more when I have some time online later on this week.
Be excellent to each other,
Byrd in LA
Posted by wahzoh at June 3, 2008 01:28 PMGeeze Byrd: How'd you get a job like that? I love my job, but would gladly take on a second reading books I love to read.
Posted by: Ashley at June 3, 2008 04:56 PMByrd! You are back! We missed you!
Wow.... getting paid to read.... wow.... excellent for you.
I am looking forward to more writing, Byrd!
Cheers,
Kris