In which Mata Amritanandamayi Devi is in Europe right now. Mother is finishing up Her European tour and is currently in Finland: After Europe, She’ll be back in the States for the fall North American tour. (There’s a program and retreat in Michigan that starts on the 30th, but I think it’s probably too late […]
In which I’m at the retreat in Puyallup. Amped! is the coolest chick EVAR. She came to my motel all on her own volition, she chose a kick ass restaurant in Kent for brunch, she has the cutest baby, and she drove me (and Leela) to our Puyallup motel. I *heart* her, and it was […]
In which I take the longest bus ride EVAR. Woke up at K’s this morning. He may have tried to let me sleep in, but he tends to look at me while I’m sleeping [the utter weirdo] and the attention wakes me up. (At least he has the grace to make the coffee.) We lounged […]
In which my plans are quite suddenly changed. Saturday night my entire band had a long practice. After, Curtis and I went out and Becca showed up. We met a wine writer from Seattle and hung out with her all night, even dragged her to after hours for a bit. I got drunk. Around three […]
In which I finally get around to it. Sort of. Last summer I started writing a post about seeing Amma, my guru, and I promised to finish it and publish it. I never did. I think I still have a draft saved, but it’s one of those things that must be written immediately – before […]
In which I talk about seeing Amma this year. One of the swamis said in an evening satsang that various scriptures describe and define the state of being experienced by people such as Amma. A phrase used often, he said, was that these incarnations or avatars are ‘drunk on the Self.’ I tried to imagine […]
In which it’s good to be home. (First of all, let me just get it out of the way: I love my blue dog soooo much! K thx.) Saying “I had such a good time at Amma!” is so silly I’m not even going to say it. I didn’t have ‘a good time,’ I was […]
In which I say hi. (“Hi!”) Greetings from Oak Brook, Illinois, where I live in a hotel room at a Marriott with NLW, who came down with a sinus infection and hasn’t left the room in 30 hours! I watched fireworks from the parking lot on the 4th and it was good. I have eaten […]
In which it’s good to be home. In other words: I’m back, bitches! Oh, people, I had so much fun in Vail! It was, on the surface, a really lovely little jaunt. The surroundings were awesome, the gig went well, I did some knitting, I bonded with the other players in the band, we pre-sold […]
In which the Movement is moving to the center of the nation. AmmZon told me this morning that she’d heard that the Big M had decided to build a peace palace or something in Kansas, so I immediately googled it. It’s totally fascinating! The Movement really has bought 600 acres in north-central Kansas, and they […]
