So I return from a time away, where I have been immersed in negativity and cynicism. I was getting sucked in. Not what I wanted. Not healthy. In such a beautiful setting, ripe with delight and creativity, it's a shame. So many opportunities for quiet, contemplative joy, for celebration…and little of it.

I feel the need for a purgative and salvific shower of some sort–to be dipped–to have my spiritual ducts blown out.

Good to be back here, surrounded by gratitude and stillness.

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