"Simple Living" - Chapters 27 and 28

[Doshin]

Sunsets and sunrises and the time in between I cherish.


Doshin
St

[Ishin]

Doing this exercise, I couldn’t help but let the second part influence the first. The birds chirping seemed to mimic the sound of a heart monitor, but maybe heart monitors and birds are one. As I sat on my back deck watching the sun set, my wife asked me what I was doing. I told her I was doing an Ango assignment of just being with the sunset. She said “Well, that chainsaw buzzing isn’t making for a nice sunset.” I explained to her that the point was to just be with whatever sunset presented itself.” Later I had come inside to do chores and I saw her sitting on the back porch. “What are you doing I asked?” She said, “ I’m just sitting with chainsaws”

Gassho
Ishin
Sat Today/lah

[Jundo]

Yes! I have the bottom copy.

Good to know for future reference to be specific which one we tell folks to get.

Gassho
Kokuu
-sattoday/lah-

I will put the Chapter Names from now on. Perhaps that will help find them.

Gassho, J

STLah

[Nengei]

Every instant is a sunset.

The autumn sun creeps up the wall of my studio/sitting room, and helps to remind me that each time it does so, my sun is a little lower.

Gassho,
Nengei
Sat. LAH.