Musings about bees
The Sanskrit word seva is usually translated as “selfless service” – work performed without any thought of reward or repayment. It’s an important part of my practice both at the ashram and in my everyday life. Every summer, the youth group at my former church goes on a work camp Read more…
Whenever I open the Feedly app on my phone, it says, “Never stop learning!” It keeps me up to date on the latest news from bee blogs that I follow, as well as the day’s political news and cute cat videos. This past weekend I took that phrase to heart Read more…
Today, Facebook reminded me that I published a post on gratitude on this blog 2 years ago. At that time, I was in the throes of my prostate cancer treatment and just starting to learn more about meditation. It had been a pretty difficult time for me, but no matter Read more…
When I started beekeeping 4 years ago, besides taking a class, I started looking around the internet for any information I could find. You have to be picky – some information on the intertubes can be sketchy. Since I was using top bar hives, the pickings were kinda slim – Read more…
The Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram holds a kid’s summer camp each year where kids learn about yoga arts and nature in a beautiful setting at the mouth of Eldorado Canyon. This year, I offered to do some sessions to teach kids about bees and other pollinators and the problems they Read more…
When I was a kid, I used to tell this nonsensical joke to people: Two ducks are sitting in a bathtub. One duck says, “Pass the soap.” The other duck says, “No soap, radio!” I’d laugh and they’d look at me like I was insane. I still get a kick Read more…
March has been pretty dry and warm in Colorado and we finally got our first precipitation of the month yesterday. Luckily, we missed the snow which went south of us and today it’s supposed to be back up in the 60’s again. With all this warm weather, flowers and trees Read more…