The big news here is not about Royal Babies or Sexting politicians but about my adding a long morning walk to my spiritual  practice. As always, I brought my camera, a big lens and was rewarded by the sight of my beautiful Town Hall, a former schoolhouse, a vast Lily garden with the light behind it, three donkeys in a Pole Barn, my Dahlia garden silhouetted against the sky and homemade garden next to an old barn. These are the sights and stories of my walk, where I gather myself, loosen up for the day, find some solid ground to stand on. You can come along on  Facebook where I am posting an album and I will post some here as well.

I am committed to making my own news, and not becoming a slave to the corporate visions of information-peddling that are labeled the news. A friend told me yesterday he feels he has to watch the news because he is afraid he will miss some danger to himself or his family, some catastrophe or attack. This, of course, is a profitable construct. I rarely watch the news, I consider that a seminal part of my healthy practices, and there has never been a story I needed to know about that didn’t find me in one way or another. I make my own news.