I saw dozens of #bushtits on the trail yesterday. These tiny, chatty, long-tailed little puffballs are seemingly never still or quiet, but somehow they call out the stillness in me. I love to stand in the midst of them and watch them flit back, forth, up, and around me in their busy, homespun grace. Simple, lovely little birds.

#Birds #Equanimity #Shoshin #birbs #smol #Oregon

Whilst business/news/propaganda wanders aimlessly into [insert destination of choice]
https://youtu.be/d4BuMaGlKp0

Most of us wonder how to wonder:
-grow plantings
-check sky for sliver linings [sic]
-drain or better still train the mind

In Buddhist #Dharma we use #Lojong and cultivate #Shoshin but for the more swamped, #Mantra is a simpler practice
https://www.thedailymeditation.com/meditation-for-atheists-2
😲 😎 🎴 🪆 🪔

Nothing like going to see the #Kongkee Warring States #Cyberpunk exhibit on its last day at #SFAAM followed up by sound check for the #SUNNO))) #Shoshin (#初心) Duo show at #GAMH only to log back on and see a troll in my notifications.

Not only was birdsite migration bad, as someone who used to idle on #bantown: trolls these days aren't even imaginative nor creative.

They've become the idiotic hecklers of the interwebs and I am not a stand up comedian.

#introduction
My name is Long.
Just Long, for short.
Friends call me Long, strangers call me Mr. Long. Both are fine.

I am an old man.
Old enough to be called Grandpa.
Man enough to embrace the diversity in race, gender, religion, ...

I stay young by being curious and having a beginner's mind (#Shoshin). I am a lifelong learner.

My motto: Just Be It! (#JustBeIt) whatever it is.

Forever thankful for being here among you/us all.