Musings on Dance, Food, Geek Stuff
Somewhat hidden past the entrance to the California Pacific Medical Center lives a lovely outdoor labyrinth. Set back from the street and away from the entrance, the labyrinth is well situated for an undisturbed meditative walk. The pattern is similar, possibly identical, to the one used at the Grace Cathedral. I guess it’s a popular…
Grace Cathedral is one of the finest houses of worship in San Francisco. It’s also home to, not one, but two beautiful labyrinths. I had the opportunity to walk both this week, and can highly recommend the experience. The most obvious labyrinth is right as you enter the cathedral. It takes up the large open…
The Lake Street labyrinth is hard to find unless you are looking for it. Tucked in a garden beside Saint John’s Presbyterian Church at Lake and Arguello, you might think it’s just four row of small bushes. But it’s actually a tiny labyrinth! Here’s a timelapse of me walking it.
Today I visited the Scott Street Labyrinth… two actually. They are on Scott Street near the corner of Waller in the Haight District of San Francisco. The labyrinths were created in 2007, sponsored by the California Pacific Medical Center, with the support of many other groups and individuals. The larger of the two labyrinths is…
Hank Green on his vlog is so great at taking a relatively esoteric topic and making it something so meaningful and deep that I think about it for days and weeks. This time around, Hank shares a long, rambly musing about the Mola mola (aka the Sunfish) and why it has thrived in the wild…
Today I endeavored to do a labyrinth meditation at my favorite natural wonder in San Francisco, Land’s End. So I got on my motor scooter Chococat and headed to Ocean Beach. At least that was my intention. But what I discovered was… the labyrinth is gone! I assume vandals had removed the stones that formed…
I think about this brief section of The Little Prince very often, but particularly now. The next day the little prince came back. “It would have been better to come back at the same hour,” said the fox. “If, for example, you come at four o’clock in the afternoon, then at three ơ’clock I shall…
Last night I led my first choreo skill share at the 6th ave skate rink, for about 20 folks, a line dance called “The Stand Up” that I modified to be a skate routine. Line dances are not normally my thing. I find choreography often frustrating to learn. And something in me resists doing the…
I enjoy riding the BART, our local intercity train system. It’s a great place to meditate. One of my favorite meditation practices is to silently hold in the light the people around me. I casually scan the car and take each person in — the bedraggled young man lying across two seats in a stupor,…
Some friends last night were complaining about all the outrageous things that this administration is doing that feel like an accelerating slide toward fascism. “I just want to just hide and play with my phone and pretend it isn’t happening,” one friend said. “That’s how they win,” I argued. “Yeah, but how do you stay…