Thursday, November 12, 2009

Thoughts on life - the ultimate "big trip"

I had an interchange this morning that got me thinking, so I wrote this out...

As we live our lives, we amass experiences; and as thinking creatures we attempt to tie these events back to other things we've done and experienced before, to make sense of them. We build opinions as we build this web of experience and action and observation. We develop many mental tools and constructs to aid in our logical process; generalizations, expectations, assign weights to them, try to communicate, to persuade, to try to make sense of it all. We define “truths”, weak or strong, and opinions, which in the larger scale of a life are sometimes well anchored, and other times will change subtly or profoundly as we continue to grow, to live our lives, and experience.

But ultimately, the experiences that each of us have are different, and our perceptions are colored or filtered by this web of life, our society, our family, the people we spend our time with - thus in myriad subtle ways, we are all different. Different is. And in this space of difference, we judge action, idea, experience - as always from our own point of reference - which is, from that point of reference, by definition right. Thus, there is no single universal right or wrong, save only the universe of one.

So, we are all different and we are all right.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Halloween 2009 - The Dolphin Costume


So, Delilah announced that she wanted to be a dolphin. Sure, no problem - I'm sure someone has a costume... Looking, looking... Ok, well, how hard can it be to make one?

So, get 8 ft of 1 inch foam, and make a laminated outline...


Figure out how to stick your kid in it, get a bunch of fabric and, kinda cut, and sew and...





Special thanks to Annette for Sewing Support, as well as Barbara and Delilah for their help as well!

SLO and Morro Bay - Oct 2009


As part of her Continuing Education Units, Barbara signed up to take a seminar in Morro Bay, which is a hop skip and jump from San Luis Obispo in the Central Coast. Running the numbers on RV Gas+Camping+Mixed eating in/out vs. Car gas + hotel + eating out, we came to the conclusion that it was pretty much a wash, and so packed up the coach, the youngun and the cat, and off we went for another extended Thursday to Sunday weekend.

Thursday night we did the SLO Farmers Market - a favorite event. They had a number of Fall Events set up, including a number of the clubs from Cal Poly SLO (My Alma Matar), and some good Halloween booths. While B was in her class Friday, I took D for a nature walk, did some homework while away from school. Then on Saturday, we hung out in Morro Bay wandering the streets, and visiting their little aquarium.
Delilah hoofing up a hill - one of the Seven Sisters that surround SLO.

A bull that tolerated us along the way

More mountain adventures.

One of the harbor seals in the Aquarium in Morro Bay.