I put my work on hold and spent part of Saturday watching my family *try to* catch fish and roaming around the lake with my camera. I’ll be spending the last dark hours of early Sunday morning outdoors as well watching the lyrids meteor shower from a so-far clear, moonless sky. I left my tripod at home and instead bought a reclining lawn chair so I wouldn’t be tempted to try to catch any meteors on camera (the excitement of it is akin to catching a fish, I suppose.. Except I don’t have a worm to attract them). Instead I’ll just be spectating. More lake photos to come..
I read the following poem this morning on Jorma Kaukonen’s blog Cracks In The Finish and thought I’d like to share it here.
Instructions
Give up the world; give up self; finally, give up God.
Find god in rhododendrons and rocks,
passers-by, your cat.
Pare your beliefs, your absolutes.
Make it simple; make it clean.
No carry-on luggage allowed.
Examine all you have
with a loving and critical eye, then
throw away some more.
Repeat. Repeat.
Keep this and only this:
what your heart beats loudly for
what feels heavy and full in your gut.
There will only be one or two
things you will keep,
and they will fit lightly
in your pocket.
-Sheri Hostetler, from A Cappella: Mennonite Voices in Poetry
Busy day printing prints, greeting cards, making more magnets & buttons, etc.. Sometimes I think about outsourcing all this printing work… but I guess I mostly like the idea of doing it all myself. Gives me more flexibility.
I’ll (hopefully — weather/ clouds permitting) be out in the wee hours of Sunday morning, possibly with my camera, checking out the peak of the Lyrids meteor shower. Click here for a photo I captured of a Perseid meteor in 2009. I’ve taken my camera out for one meteor shower since this, but I often just opt to enjoy the shower instead of worrying about my shutter button, so we shall see.
Find more information about this weekend’s meteor shower from The Farmers’ Almanac.
