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03:34 pm
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harrumph
Sniffly nose, slightly woozy feel. No Friday night out for this gal!
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07:25 pm
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Readings.
First, a Buddhist clarification of why it's good to desire and the difference from "attachment" (thank you Kiki!)
http://www.tricycle.com/defense-desire?page=0,0&offer=dharma
Other readings I'm doing:
Bits from the Tao of Pooh
Middlesex: a novel, about a hermaphrodite. Well written. Pulitzer Prize. (fini)
Starting: Fran Peavey, By Life's Grace, thoughts on social activism.
What are you reading?
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01:42 am
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70th and 80th birthday party
In my home. Approximately 50 people. Lots of food, wine, beer, parental friends and relatives, kids, conversation! (lots and lots), stories, laughter. Twas a good party. They really enjoy each other's company and it was a wonderful inter-generational event.
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09:00 pm
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Only 2 Ceili's this year. November 21!
Athena invited you to "November Céilí Dance!!" on Saturday, November 21 at 7:00pm.
Athena says, "Hi Ceili goers, only two ceilis this year: Novermber and March so we hope to see you out later this month. If you can't make it yourself, don't forget to invite a friend!
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Event: November Céilí Dance!!
What: Jam Session
Start Time: Saturday, November 21 at 7:00pm
End Time: Saturday, November 21 at 11:00pm
Where: 2026 E.43rd Ave.
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=307752145386&mid=15ab1c2G1f75d8a8G3c100e0G7
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09:49 am
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On intimacy
"...we've taken one kind of intimacy--the type in which our partner accepts and validates us--and convinced ourselves this is what intimacy is per se. Thus, we assume that intimacy hinges on acceptance and validation from our partner. Likewise we've confused "good communication" with being understood the way we want and getting the response we expect. We never consider the kind of intimacy where we validate our disclosures when our partner doesn't....We're driven by something that makes us look like we crave intimacy, but in fact we're after something else: we want someone else to make us feel acceptable and worthwhile."
Passionate Marriage, David Snarch.
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11:18 am
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Upcoming choral concerts
Hi everyone
I've included a smattering of you in this email list on the off chance you'd
be interested in attending some very good choral concerts which are
upcoming. Katherine's choral organization (Coastal Sound) is hosting its
biannual International Choral Festival for youth. Apparently, it's the only
international choral festival for youth in the lower mainland. They've
attracted children and youth choirs form Czech Republic, California,
Washington, Illinois and Ontario and Quebec. They're looking for as much
support for the series of concerts as possible.
The concert listings are at www.coastalsoundfestival.com and tickets can be
purchased there.
Free 12 pm concerts are here:
June 30, noon: at Burnaby Village Museum w. ticket entrance: two very good
groups from California, Crystal Young Men/Women.
July 2, Lougheed Town Centre
July 2, Burnaby Village Museum
July 3: Burnaby Village Museum
July 3: Lougheed Town Centre: Coastal Sound children's choir and Katherine's
Youth choir.
I'm going to try to go to 2 -3 of the following ticketed concerts:
July 2, 7:30 pm St. Andrew's Wesley: Katherine's choir + 2 choirs from
Montreal
July 3, :30, same place Crystal Young men/Women, Czech Republic
July 4, Closing concert of Massed choirs in Surrey at Chandos Pattison
Auditorum, featuring Crystal Young Men and Czech Republic choir.
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03:48 pm
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Seattle hotels?
Anyone know of a good hotel to stay at in Seattle for taking some boys down for some fun lacrosse stuff near Sammammish?
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11:18 am
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random updates
Much downtime last weekend except for.
VSO with KK, for Schubert (nice) and Mahler (rousing! I liked it!)
This week....Kits Beach for dinner and girltalk with Dia
Art Gallery patio for 3 pm drinks and a boss appreciation event from the staff.
Hour and a half walk at Burnaby Lake with my sister in law.
Summer night market in Richmond, with GG and BB. An interesting experience,
which I would repeat with the right people (eg. someone interested in
shopping, since none of us 3 are great shoppers.)
Maybe...take in a street closure or more today?
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02:06 am
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more catchup
May long weekend in Whistler, staying at my dad's condo because...it's grad weekend and my daughter wanted to experience it, and I didn't want to be very far away. More on that later maybe. Many bemusing events.
Accomplished some organizing.
Computers are fixed and finally back.
Many grad activities this month, with which I'm insanely busy, it seems. Thank goodness I have my computer back with all my stored emails so I can do volunteer stuff effectively.
Off to bed. sweet dreams all.
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11:48 pm
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Work zone ahead, slow to 30 papers per inch.
I have decided to hire a "professional organizer". A woman in my haikomi group weight loss class. To prepare for her magic touch to give me a system that will "work" and a beautiful space, I have gone through in the last week and a half my whole office area and have put out 5 yellow recycle bags of paper, 3/4 of a garbage bag of mostly unrecyclable paper/bits, and 2/3 of another bag of paper for shredding.
I have found two cheques and one settlement proposal for money which I thought I had lost. This will nicely pay for the costs of the professional organizer plus.
I have discovered that I had no idea how many places I stored "like" stuff in one room and in my house.
I have many lists over and over again of the things I want to do to be somewhat more on top of my life and they are long lists, including the list I just recreated. I worry a bit that I still won't make much of a dent in that, but I sense that life is giving me a bit of an opening now.
I have an amazing amount of French materials and even more books, especially self-help, spirituality related. I can't get rid of most of those.
I have piles and piles of photo and album related stuff, some of it digital and most not.
I have lots of wrapping paper and possible gifts for people.
I have one or two good ideas about how to make the paper flow better through here but I await MY p.o's genius.
I have a parquet floor which looks quite nice with nothing on it!
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