notes from a gymnosophist

June 20, 2004

Our cottage in the Catskills.

December 25 , 2003

Walking the trail to the mules on Christmas Day in Summitville, New York.

November 1, 2003

Pelham Cemetery. City Island, The Bronx, New York.

August 31, 2003

Spotted in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Gloversville, NY, August 31, 2003.

May 26, 2003

When flow'ry Summer is at hand, And Spring has gemm'd the earth with bloom, We hither bring, with loving hand, Bright flow'rs to deck our soldier's tomb.

"Soldier's Memorial Day," words by Mary B.C. Slade and music by W.O. Perkins, 1870. Historic American Sheet Music,1850-1920.

March 20, 2003

A silent witness to the devastation of Hiroshima, this statue of Shinran Shonin, founder of the Jodo Shinshu school of Buddhism, serves as a reminder of the Buddha-Dharma and a gathering place for the New York Buddhist Church Bon observance. The Bon observance remembers and honors those who have passed away, and as we do so, the departed ones enables us to live with a sense of gratitude, as well as a commitment to lessen the violence in our world.

March 5, 2003

There never was a time when you nor I nor all the Kings did not exist, nor will there be any future when we cease to be.  ::  Bhagavad Gita

February 22, 2003

If you've never taken Yoga before, or if you're looking for an in-depth review of Integral Yoga's Hatha I class, Integral Yoga is offering a four week course class Introduction to Hatha I. In a course class the same teacher and students meet for three or four weeks, practicing the classic asanas of each level in-depth, with plenty of time for questions and personal attention. Every pose and practice is demonstrated by the teacher and introduced in a way that emphasizes both form and benefits to your mind and body. You will receive one-on-one assistance, developing your own body's comfort and ease. By working with the same teacher for four weeks, you'll come away fully prepared to attend regular classes at IYI and gain the unparalleled benefits of a regular Hatha Yoga practice.

For more information on Integral Yoga you can visit Integral Yoga Institute of New York, or for information on yoga in general you can visit Yoga Journal.

February 7, 2003

The statuary of Central Parks takes on new meaning these days—war seems everywhere. Located west of the Concert Ground, Christopher Fratin's Eagles and Prey was placed in the park in 1863, the year of the Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and the New York City Draft Riots.

February 1, 2003

On a sunny, hot day it is easy to miss the details of New York, but on a misty, rain-streaked winter day the details come out. The Bethesda Terrace is often over looked in favor of the fountain, but tucked between the great stairs and the underpass to the Mall are breathtaking decorative elements designed by English-born architect Jacob Wrey Mould.

January 24, 2003

The Yoga Research and Education Center serves yoga researchers, educators, and practitioners around the world who value the oral and literary traditions of Yoga in their Hindu, Buddhist, and Jaina forms. If you are interested in yoga . . . traditional yoga . . . yoga without spandex, disco music, drum accompaniment or celebrity endorsed togs this is the site for you.

January 23, 2003

"Are there not colleges for forty-year-olds which prepare them for their coming life and its demands as the ordinary colleges introduce our young people to a knowledge of the world? No, thoroughly unprepared we take the step into the afternoon of life, worse still, we take this step with the false assumption that our truths and ideals will serve us as hitherto. But we cannot live the afternoon of life according to the programme of life's morning; for what was great in the morning will be little at evening, and what in the morning was true will at evening have become a lie."   ::    Carl Jung, Collected Works.