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Fight your shame

throw out your pride and learn all you can

from others.

this is the basis of a successful life.

Rikyu

 (written as a guide for the student of tea- all of us really)

early morning light Placitas Open Space

That which blossoms

falls, the way of all flesh

in this world of flowers.

sakeba chiru

mi no yukusue ya

hama sekai

Kiko

5.2.1823

zen monk death poem

To depart while seated or standing is all one.

All I shall leave behind me

Is a heap of bones...

Koho Kennichi

10.12.1316

Zen death poem

Tarryall Mountains, Colorado... view over the bones

Cargoless,

bound heavenward,

ship of the moon.

Tsumimono ya

nakute jodo e

tsuki no fune

Dohaku

1673

Zen death poem

Colorado Rocky Mountain sky

Bro and Tracy Spay and Neuter Project had its first official trial run this weekend.

Bro and Tracy http://www.broandtracy.org/ is an animal rescue organization in the Albuquerque area. They recently inherited enough money to put together a spay and neuter mobile clinic. They will take the van to outlying communities in the area, ones that have poor access to vet care and offer affordable spay and neuter surgeries. The horrendous and heartbreaking problem of unwanted dogs and cats can only be met this way... offer services that are convenient to those in need.

My Occasional Gallery (ACOG) is planning an art fundraiser this December to help support this effort.  http://annecooperstudio.com/ACOG.htm

Please contact me through my website if you have questions or want to help out.  http://annecooperstudio.com/contact.html

Bro and Tracy Spay and Neuter Project in action, Pine Hill, NM

Teach us to walk the soft Earth as relatives

to all that live.

Sioux prayer

Clio, my favorite donkey