Karmic-Dragonfly

Saw the play Dr Faustus tonight with friends.

Nice performance. But It was hot as the hinges of hell and so many moths flying around. The play was performed outside in the courtyard with bright performance lights on. The high temp today was 99F (37.2C), but by showtime at 8pm, the ambient temperature had begun to drop, so I expect it was around 94F (34.4C) and still fairly humid.



Before other folks got there, I spent some time in the garden, communing with the trees and plants.

There's an exhibit at the local museum that I have now visited 3 times. Of all the 'Buddhisms', I find the Tibetan one the most joyful...and perhaps the saddest, given the Chinese takeover. I am not sure what draws me. I even bought a t-shirt from the museum shop, lol.

I enjoyed spending time making dinner the other night for the Book Club, but I ran into a time squeeze yet again! I made Spinach Lasagna as the main course, and the recipe said it would take 35 minutes for prep time. That seemed awfully short, so I added 15 minutes to it and did some of the prep work (like grating cheese) ahead. Ummm, it took me closer to an hour for prep, so I was up against a time deadline of their arrival! Also, I added more tomato sauce than the recipe called for, and I think it could have stood a bit longer in the oven. The dish tasted good -- just the consistency was looser than I would have liked. It was actually good the next day, having been in the fridge, so it had firmed up nicely!


Unfortunately, this was a few days before the new dishwasher was installed, so I had LOTS of handwashing to do!

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Today was pretty lazy and as the temperature neared 60F, I did not want to stay inside! I did some grocery shopping, and also went by the museum to walk around.

When I was in Teotihuacán in July and we made a day trip into Mexico City to the anthropology museum, I remember our trip guide saying that if you felt any connection to a piece, then hang out with it for a while (or alternatively, if you felt a negative energy from a piece, then move on). I don't think that I had experienced something like that until today at the local museum.

I believe this chief staff has been on display for a long time, but I had not paid much attention to it. When I got near it today, I had this really pleasant vibe coming off it -- strong enough that I noticed it. And I tested it a few times by walking away from it to look at something else, and then coming back nearby, and each time I came back, I felt that pleasant vibe!


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This past weekend, I went out to take a few pics of the local marathon, which goes by my house. For some reason, I'm fascinated by how our legs take such a pounding on the pavement, so I decided to take pics from a low point of view.


This one definitely shows how his leg is absorbing the impact --


The runner is outside the depth of field in this one, but I kinda like that the leaves have focus --

An annual Christmas Day tradition is my visit to the VMFA -- even if I don't stay long, I like to walk in. It's sort of instead of going to the movies!




No visit to the museum is complete without visiting Caligula -- Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus....


This fits in well, as I am slowly making my way through a podcast -- The History or Rome.