Weeds and Seeds

One of the healthiest ways to eat
is to harvest wild greens:

On Orcas,
I had an abundance of Nettles and dandelions

In Sonoma,
pigweed and mallow where in glory

Coming to Austin,
things have been slim
except that one garden plot at the Sunset Valley Community Garden
was full of my old friend:
pigweed,
aka,
wild amaranth

Imagine my surprise and delight to discover a magazine
called Edible Austin
in the summer issue of which
had a full page spread on the glories
of eating wild amaranth;'

Here's the link: Eat Wild



And here's the glorious "weed" itself.


Mix in some soaked sunflower,
pumpkin,
almond,
flax seeds

and a little Celtic salt,
and sweetener:
honey, fruit, stevia, agave

and you have a high powered,
super nutritious feast in your hand,
soon to be in and nourishing
your body

One: Moving into Nowing in Standing

Standing and awaring gravity and feet:

Stand comfortably, in your bare feet or just socks. Close your eyes. Feel the weight of yourself into your feet. Shift, ever so slightly, your weight from your right foot to your left, and then back again, many times. Noticing with ease, pleasure and non-judgment: your breathing and your body and your feet and the world of gravity and awareness.

Rest.

Now, move the length of yourself, only at your ankles, like a stick, forward and back, so you sway a bit, and feel the weight going to your toes and then your heels.

Small is better than big.

Slow is better than fast.

Aware is better than “just doing it.”

Pleasure is better than “trying,” “straining,” or efforting.

Rest.

Now, lift up on your toes and fall easily onto your heels five or six times. Rest. Feel how you feel now. Do this again, maybe even twenty times. Or thirty. Slowly, slowly, pleasurably, pleasurably. Rest.

Take a little walk around the room or wherever you are. Feel your feet and your skeleton and your awaring in the world of up and down.