GRIZZLY PEAR
We changed the kitchen faucet.
Took some effort.
And WD40.
Should have just swapped out the cartridge.
But this has a sensor.
The kids love it.
$76 for a new toy from Home Depot.
Not counting the afternoon under the sink.
䷰䷡
the great man changes like a tiger
Two years ago, I finished the first draft of the state’s biennial cost estimates.
It was the most intense effort in my career.
During a novel pandemic.
Exhausted. The morning after. Eating breakfast alone. I wept.
A release.
This afternoon, I press send and chase the kids around the house.
䷦䷸
going leads to obstructions
coming leads to great good fortune
The kids filled the green dump truck with water.
They dipped river rocks and spun them on the concrete.
A tight pattern for a triangular puddle.
A loose pattern traced the outline of a flower.
A stone rolled down to the lawn, leaving a calligrapher’s trail.
Wet lines in the harsh sunlight.
䷤䷼
inner truth
pigs and fishes
good fortune
Pick a Celtic tune on the ukulele.
Bend notes on a harmonica.
He directs me to dance on the rug,
While he bangs on our djembe.
䷻
creates number and measure
and examines the nature of virtue and correct conduct
Grandma had enough.
She gave him a deadline.
He dithered.
Toys were exiled to the garage.
Wailing and crying.
The playroom is clean.
䷚䷜
spying about with sharp eyes
like a tiger with insatiable craving
An adult placed dumbells on the half wall.
Both of them rolled off.
The boy was on the other side of the wall.
Watching me work.
I grabbed his arm.
And gave him a hug.
䷻
limitation. success.
Weekend didn’t go as planned.
The girl didn’t finish her homework.
So they didn’t open my birthday presents.
Listening to self help podcasts sapped my joy.
(A bad habit)
But I culled my podcasts and newsletters,
(only saved info at least 20 years old or will be relevant 20 years hence)
Finished work ahead of a deadline.
Cleaned up a little.
Went hiking.
Watched burros.
䷑䷎
before the starting point three days
after the starting point three days
He lapped up the yogurt from his bowl.
Are you a dog?
Arf!
䷠䷍
in what is small, perseverance furthers
The adults were speaking in dialect.
We made funny faces at each other.
At least I didn’t stick a finger in my nose.
And he didn’t choke on the veggies.
䷩䷪
mighty in the forward-striding toes
when one goes and is not equal to the task
one makes a mistake
Another year,
Life the Universe and Everything.
Four quixotic pursuits –
I Jing, Blogging, Investments, CCG’s.
Already quit one and need to wrap up another,
At diminishing returns on marginal utility.
The 80-20 rule (one was a pure zero from the beginning).
Next year: exercise, excursions, estate planning, and exclusion of noise?
What unforeseen projects shall emerge?
What do the coins say?
One last throw, until next year.
Tommorrow.
䷵䷧
understand the transitory
in the light of the eternity of the end