a baker's dozen from weymouth

@ Brewer's Quay - 27/ march/ 2012

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what goes around, comes around...

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SITTIN' IN THE MORNIN' SUN

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thinkin' on D.H.L's woman who rode away

sitting/sunnin' atop St.Cat's

looking east along Chesil t'wards Portland

breezes and buzzin' bees attend my body

a cawin' of crows ?

i have ascended to heaven via the hillside

of sheep who will never

pass thru the kissin' gate

& all i can find to say is

oh my god

oh my God

OH MY GAWD !

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the breezes blow

the gate before me rattles

& my skin is grazed by the sun

i am an offering to all that is

a part of all that is....

RABENNAH KEBIR !*

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"THE SUN HE IS ALIVE AT ONE END OF THE SKY. AND THE MOON LIVES AT THE OTHER END. AND THE MAN ALL THE TIME HAVE TO KEEP THE SUN HAPPY IN HIS SIDE OF THE SKY. AND THE WOMAN HAVE TO KEEP THE MOON QUIET AT HER SIDE OF THE SKY. ALL THE TIME SHE HAVE TO WORK HARD AT THIS. AND THE SUN CAN'T EVER GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE MOON. AND THE MOON CAN'T EVER GO INTO THE HOUSE OF THE SUN, IN THE SKY."

                                             D.H.LAWRENCE (THE WOMAN WHO RODE AWAY - p61)

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ABOUT A JOURNEY - 24/march/2012

READING IKKYU ON X53

WEYMOUTH/BRIDPORT

FOR

MORNING MEDITATION

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THE CHAPEL IN THE GARDEN :

MY "WILD WAYS"!

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ON THE WAY

MAGNOLIA

SUDDENLY IN FULL BLOOM

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WE STOP AGAIN

BESIDE MYSELF

A STONE WALL

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CATCH SIGHT OF ST.CAT'S

NO LITTLE MOUNTAIN

TO CLIMB

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SLOWER AND SLOWER

THRU NARROW STREETS

WE SPREAD-OUT ON SEATS

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"JUST DO IT" LOGO ON HIS CAP

FELLOW-TRAVELLER

NODDING-OFF

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CAT'S EYES

AND MOO-COWS

LOOKING OUT TO SEA

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WE PASS

THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

PREMATURELY

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WE ARRIVE IN WEST BAY

BODDHIDHARMA WOULD NOT

HAVE LEFT THIS PLACE

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EYES WIDE-OPEN

HEART OF BLISS

ENDING JOURNEY

NEED A PISS.

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JOGGING 'ROUND RADIPOLE - 06.30hrs.

We talk about it

It is and it isn't a Lake

thru which one walks/jogs

a reedy field's inclination

water barely broaching the imagination

known in sun or moonlight

ABSOLUTELY

like liking the sight

PHOTOS - bernard hemensley

text - KRIS HEMENSLEY

(hoping copyright is in order !)

New limited edition (2011) - 26 signed copies - 125 trade copies of Second Sight, available @ Collected Works Bookshop or from Stingy Artist, in the UK..£15 or £7.50p.

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DO NOT THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY

"COOKING IS TRANSFORMATION"

THE "ACTIVITY" OF YEAST AND ZAZEN.

AM HAPPILY BACK ON ZAFU AFTER MANY YEARS OF DAMAGED LEFT KNEE AND HIP, CAUSED BY COUNSEL TO SIT THRU PAIN.THANX TO SITTING-BACK WITH NO EXPECTATION OF "ACHIEVEMENT" OR "GOAL", AND A "GOOD" YOGA PRACTICE, AT LAST, AM BACK ON CUSHION, ON THE GROUND, & FEEL GROUNDED MORESO, ONCE AGAIN. THANK GOODNESS WE NEVER STOP COOKING. YEASTS ARE ALL AROUND US IN THE AIR. AND A HOT POT ALWAYS ON OUR HEADS....WHAT IT MUST BE TO HAVE NO HEAD !.....7.30 A.M./ 22 / MARCH / 2012...."GOLDEN GOJI HERMITAGE".

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A CONSTITUTIONAL : PAR FOR THE COURSE

SOMETHIN' FISHY GOIN' ON

EATEN BY THE PUFFINS (?)

PLENTY OF FISH IN "THE COVE GALLERY"

THE SEAL-PUP

 THE SWANS

WALKING EACH DAY, W/ CAMERA IN HAND, HAS

BECOME A WONDERFUL PRACTICE.

PRESENT MOMENT, WONDERFUL MOMENT.

AN EXCELLENT CONSTITUTIONAL. NO EXPECTATIONS.

THESE, ABOUT PAR FOR THE COURSE.

THE UNIVERSE ALWAYS JUMPS OUT, PRESENTING ITSELF.

AM GLADLY ACCEPTING OF LIFE'S EVER-CHANGING SCENERY.

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CREATURE (OF) COMFORT/S

Nado's room : 3a.m.

"OUR TRUEST LIFE IS WHEN WE ARE IN DREAMS AWAKE."

Henry David Thoreau

"IN THE DEEP SPRING NIGHT, I FEEL A CHILL.

WHO WILL HELP ME ADD WOOD TO MY FIREPLACE."

RYOKAN

"YOU ARE THE BUTTERFLY

AND I THE DREAMING HEART

OF CHUANG-TZU."

BASHO

"IT TAKES A MAN TO MAKE A ROOM SILENT."

Henry David Thoreau

"DREAMS ARE THE TOUCHSTONES OF OUR CHARACTER."

Henry David Thoreau

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