Tuesday, October 24, 2017

MAKING A DIFFERENCE

I TALKED TO AN ORIGINAL MONK.  NO RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION.  FORMER AEROSPACE ENGINEER.  BING WAS ORIGINALLY FROM CHINA, WENT TO CANADA AND DIDN'T FIND WORK IN HIS FIELD.  AT 44 HE FOUND HIS CALLING OF TRAVELING ALL CONTINENTS WITHOUT MONEY ASKING FOR ONLY FOOD AND WATER.  HE STARTED AT 45 AND HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR 11 MONTHS NOW.  46.

AND I FEEL BETTER FOR MEETING HIM.  HIS TASK IS SO MUCH HARDER, LONELIER THAN MINE. 

YESTERDAY I WENT TO SV SENIOR CENTER AND LISTENED TO STANFORD MEDICARE.  AND LOOKED AROUND THE CITY HALL.  SO DIFFERENT FROM WHEN I WAS THERE FOR VOTER TRAINING.  THE TALL CEILINGS LEAD ME TO WONDER WHY.  IT'S NEWER, SHINIER AND SMALLER.  SO MUCH IS FLASH.  AND THE DYED WATER IN THE PONDS AND FOUNTAINS MAKE ME WONDER WHAT THE CHEMICALS ARE.  THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS GOOD.  I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IT WAS 90o. 

I STOPPED AT WOLFE MARKET FOR RED POTATOES 69c.  COOKED THEM, HEATED LENTILS AND ATE LIKE A QUEEN.

TYGJ.

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