30 bar steady 29.83 5mph N Dewpoint 29 Spring
Last Quarter Moon of Winds
“Let us all be thankful for today, for if we did not learn a lot, at least we learnt a little. And if we did not learn a little, at least we did not become ill. And if we became ill, at least we did not die. So let us all be thankful. – Buddha, attr.
This snow is serious. The rocks in the garden have white cloaks and look as if they will disappear once again. The winds stay high and the accumulation has weighed down the trees. Vale and Breckenridge may have powder, but in the late spring we have heart attack snow. Heavy, wet, voluminous. Still pretty.
I love the quote attributed to the Buddha. Put that together with Grandpa’s, “You come from nothing and the purpose of life is to make something from nothing.” and you have a complete philosophy of life without all the dreary textual criticism, dogma and fancy dress.
A docent colleague has organized a food service for Bill Bomash who broke his femur in five places while vacationing in Brazil. This kind of simple, straight forward human decency is enough. It allows us to make something from nothing and, as Grandpa said, that’s the purpose of life.
