Big thanks to my mom, who sent two new books: A complete translation of The Tibetan Book of the Dead<\/u>, edited by the translator for the current Dalai Lama, and a book by said Dalai Lama titled The Universe in a Single Atom, the convergence of science and spirituality<\/u>. I’m currently making my way back through The Art of Happiness<\/u> and finding lots of good stuff in there that I didn’t notice before. Spring must be a good time to read philosophy.<\/p>\n
In other news, my seedlings are sprouted. We’ve got cabbage, marigolds, tomatoes, and other stuff springing out of the dirt in my little peat pots on the porch. It makes me deeply happy. The cheapo-test that I performed indicates that I’ve got basically no nutrients in my soil. So I got some 10-10-10 and spread it all over the lawn and garden today. Also picked up some “home plant insecticide spray” to hopefully keep down the population of jumping tiny-bugs that are leaping around on the seedlings. I’m not a fan of the jumping tiny-bugs.<\/p>\n
The cats are very affectionate today. One is sitting between my elbows as I type, and rubbing her head on my chin. It’s cute, but in an irritating sort of way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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