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Sometimes you worry too much. Sometimes you try to please too many people at the same time. Sometimes you need to take a good look at yourself, sober up and see the simplicity of things and just say - This is me. And I like me. I can only hope you like me too.
Sometimes… all you can be is you.
Added note - I've just realized the colour changes dramatically depending on your monitor settings. But the colour is a rich, saturated raspberry red. Like a dark magenta. :)
So we took my 86 year-old mom out to dinner and found a sobriety check-point on our way back to her home. The truck in front of us had nice brushed--steel door(s), so I shot away as officers ahead interviewed potential drunks. They let us off easy, because my mom thought she had a muffin in her purse (long story).... Sorry. No, I was not drinking, either. Very weird indeed.
Originally built in 1667, it is the largest temple of Zen Buddhism in Guizhou Province. It features majesty and sobriety. Hongfu means to develop Buddha's spirits and to benefit mankind. Today it is rated as one of the 142 National Key Temple Sscenic Areas as well as the Key Cultural Relic Preservation in Guizhou Province.
'Hongfu' is Chinese for 'good fortune', which is an apt name for the temple considering its history. It was in 1672 when Chisong, a monk during the Ming Dynasty founded the temple. It had very poor beginnings, being little more than a small hut, but Chisong was determined that it should become a revered shrine and through his persistence many local officials gave their support. In time the temple was to become the most important Buddhist temple in the area.
When you visit the temple, on entering the gate, you will first see the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower on both sides. The bronze bell weighs more than 3,000 jin in Chinese measurement (equal to about 3,300 pounds), and was cast in 1469 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
On entering the first hall named Heavenly King Hall, you can see the carved statues of Maitreya Buddha and the four Heavenly Kings. On its walls there are also steles of sutra and huge paintings. The second main hall is the Bodhisattva Hall dedicated to Skanda Bodhisattva, and Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara with 32 arms. Inside the third hall named Mahavira Hall there are gilded statues of Sakyamuni, juuhachi rakan (or the 18 arhats), and others. There's also a jade Buddha statue that is from Rangoon, the capital of Burma. It is 1.5 meters (4.92 feet) high and weighs 900 kilograms (1984 pounds). The statue is made out of choice jade and looks beneficent but solemn, and it stands among more than 10 other jade statues of Bodhisattva and Maitreya.
Besides these superb halls, the temple is also adorned with galleries, pools, and springs, which are of high artistic value. In recent years many prominent people have visited the temple and in accordance with Chinese tradition have left poetry in praise of the inspiring architecture and its setting. A stroll through the temple compound will enable you to enjoy its peaceful environment while reflecting upon its splendid past.
Thanks goes to Domesticated Diva/Kim for the title.
I am driving along Route 58 by Aspetuck Reservoir. I slow down when I spotted the Canadian goose on the left side of the road. This is a one lane road each way with solid yellow lines in the middle.
At first I was startled because I thought the goose will walk right in front of the car, which then usually do. At some point she starts walking. She takes her sweet time to cross the left lane and stops right smack on top of the middle lane. By now they are plenty of cars behind me. I sure didn't mind. I had plenty of time and as you see I put it to good use ;-)
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There are times when there's something about a window and the subtle glow of light in the early morning hour that drags me into a visceral sobriety, and leaves me without my words.
I'll find them later.
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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens.
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
~Jenny Joseph
PS—I’m not that old, but I do already wear purple. Have for years.
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APACHE COUNTY JOURNAL
6:54 PM Sunday 3/10/2019
Boom Police Dept Captain Willie Roberson assisted officer Jay Bosh with arresting a 34 year old man for DWI and resisting arrest at Sky High Gas and Cafe
. The Man failed a Field Sobriety Test and He blew a 0.20 and 0.21 during a breath alcohol content test . Driver was arrested and transported to county detention center and vehicle towed to county impound lot .
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Boom is in Western Part of Apache County NM in the Terreno llano Seco basin ( TLS basin ) and Terreno llano Seco means dry flat land in Spanish
Fidalgo Bay. Cap Sante Marina.
Press Release from USCG:
Coast Guard tows grounded vessel, responds to pollution near Anacortes, Washington.
A Coast Guard Station Bellingham 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew towed and safely moored the fishing vessel Arline at the Cap Sante Marina in Anacortes after receiving a report that vessel was aground in the Swinomish Channel Thursday evening.
A boarding was conducted by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Adelie, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Port Angeles, Wash., revealing the master and crewman aboard the Arline to be intoxicated and the local police department took the master of the fishing vessel into custody.
Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound watchstanders received a call from the master of the Arline reporting the grounding near Anacortes. The Coast Guard Cutter Adelie was on a routine patrol at the time and was diverted to assist the crew of the grounded vessel.
Upon boarding the vessel, the Adelie crew suspected the master of the vessel was intoxicated and issued a field sobriety and breathalyzer test revealing a blood alcohol content level of .115, well over the legal limit in Washington State.
“Thanks to the crews of both Station Bellingham and the Coast Guard Cutter Adelie for making our local waterways safer,” said Captain Joe Raymond, Commanding Officer of Sector Puget Sound. “Boating while intoxicated is not only a danger to the crew of the vessel being operated, but it is endangers the lives of any boaters in the area.”
After the vessel was moored a light sheen was discovered coming from the Arline. Further inspection revealed a crack in the vessel’s shaft packing causing oily water to be discharged overboard.
Containment boom has been applied around the vessel. A Coast Guard incident management team from Seattle is working with contractors to contain further pollution and develop a possible salvage plan for the vessel.
The Arline is a 50-foot fishing vessel homeported in Seattle and is reportedly carrying up to 150 gallons of diesel aboard. The Coast Guard is investigating the grounding.
This isn't the first time the F/V ARLINE has run aground and a captian was arrested:
From September 5, 2013
British Columbia: American skipper arrested Monday on suspicion of impaired operation of a vessel after his fishing boat ran aground near Kelsey Bay.
The 58-foot American F/V Arline was heading south when it ran aground and the two remaining crew members apparently tried to abandon ship. Conditions may have been foggy at the time. The two remaining crew were safely evacuated and the captain was escorted to Campbell River while Coast Guard towed his boat. Awaiting the captain at the docks in Campbell River were Mounties, Canadian Border Services, Transport Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Police arrested the captain on suspicion of impaired operation of a motor vessel and dangerous operation of a motor vessel.
Religions are cut off from one another by barriers of mutual incomprehension; one of the principal causes of this appears to be that the sense of the absolute stands on a different plane in each of them, so that what would seem to be points of comparison often prove not to be.
Elements resembling one another in form appear in such diverse contexts that their function and their nature too changes, at any rate to some extent; and this is so because of the infinitude of the All-Possible, which excludes precise repetition.
In short, the sufficient reason of a 'new' phenomenon is, from the point of view of the manifestation of possibilities, its difference in relation to 'antecedent' phenomena ...
The 'sense of the absolute' is not grafted exactly on the same organic element, as between one religion and another -whence the impossibility of making comparisons between the elements of religions simply from the outside - and this fact is shown clearly by the differing natures of conversions to Christianity and Islam: while conversion to Christianity seems in certain respects like the beginning of a great love, which makes all a man's past life look vain and trivial - it is a 'rebirth' after a 'death’- conversion to Islam is on the contrary like awakening from an unhappy love, or like sobriety after drunkenness, or again like the freshness of morning after a troubled
night.
In Christianity, the soul is 'freezing to death' in its congenital egoism, and Christ is the central fire which warms and restores it to life; in Islam, on the other hand, the soul is 'suffocating' in the constriction of the same egoism, and Islam appears as the cool immensity of space which allows it to 'breath' and to 'expand' towards the boundless. The 'central fire' is denoted by the cross; the 'immen-sity of space' by the Kaaba, the prayer-rug, the abstract interlacings of Islamic art.
There is, in every religion, not only a choice for the will between the beyond and the here-below, but also a choice for the intelligence between truth and error; there are however differences of correlation, in the sense that Christ is true because He is the Saviour (whence the importance that the phenomenal element assumes here) whilst when Islam has salvation in view it starts from a discrimination which is in the last analysis metaphysical (la ilaha illa 'Llah), and it is this Truth which saves; but whether it is a question of Christianity or of Islam or of any other traditional form, it is indeed the metaphysical truth which, thanks to its universality, determines the values of things. And as this truth envelops and penetrates all, there is in it neither 'here-below' nor 'beyond', nor any choice
by the will; only the universal essences count, and these are 'everywhere and nowhere'; there is, on this plane, no choice for the will to make, for, as Aristotle says, 'the soul is all that it knows'.
This contemplative serenity appears in the abstract freshness of mosques as also in many Romanesque churches and in certain elements of the best Gothic, particularly in the rose windows, which are like 'mirrors of gnosis' in these sanctuaries of love. . . .
A question which inevitably arises here is that of the historicity of the great phenomena of the religions: ought more confidence to be placed in that radiation which presents a maximum of historical evidence?
To this the reply must be that there is no metaphysical or spiritual difference between a truth manifested by temporal facts and a truth expressed by other symbols, under a mythological form for example; the modes of manifestation correspond to the mental requirements of the different groups of humanity. If certain mentalities prefer marvels that are empirically 'improbable' to historical 'reality', that is precisely because the marvellous (with which in any case no religion could dispense) indicates transcendence in relation to terrestrial facts; we are tempted to say that the aspect of improbability is the sufficient reason for the marvellous, and it is this unconscious need for feeling the essence of things which explains the tendency to exaggerate found among certain peoples; it is a trace of nostalgia for the Infinite.
Miracles denote an interference of the marvellous in the sensory realm; whoever admits miracles must also admit the principle of the marvellous as such, and even tolerate pious exaggeration on a certain plane.
The opportuneness of mythological marvels on the one hand and the existence of contradictions between religions on the other (which do not imply any intrinsic absurdity within the bounds of a given religion any more than the internal contradictions found in all religions are absurd), these factors, we
say, show in their own way that, with God, the truth is above all in the symbol's effective power of illumination and not in its literalness, and that is all the more evident since God, whose wisdom goes beyond all words, puts multiple meanings into a single expression. An obscurity in expression - whether elliptical or contradictory - often indicates a richness or a depth in meaning, and this it is which explains the apparent incoherences to be found in the sacred Scriptures.
God manifests in this way His transcendence in relation to the limitations of human logic; human language can be divine only in an indirect way, neither our words nor our logic being at the height of the divine purpose. The uncreated Word shatters created speech, whilst at the same time directing it towards concrete and saving truth.
Must the conclusion of all this then be that from the point of view of spirituality an historical basis has in itself less value than a mythological or purely metaphysical basis, on the grounds that principles are more important than phenomena?
Assuredly not, insofar as it is a question of symbolism; what has less value is an attribution to this historical basis of a significance greater than it should have, a substituting of it for the symbolic truth and the metaphysical reality it expresses; none the less the importance of historical fact remains intact in respect of sacred institutions.
From another point of view, it should be noted that a traditional narrative is always true; the more
or less mythical features which are imposed on the historical life of the Buddha, for instance, are so many ways of expressing spiritual realities which it would be difficult to express otherwise.
In cases where Revelation is most expressly founded on history, and to the extent that this is so, the historical mode is no doubt necessary: in a world which was heir to Jewish 'historicism' and to Aristotelian empiricism, Revelation could not fail to take wholly the form of an earthly event, without the adjunction of any non-historical symbolism; but we must observe that a too great insistence on historicity -not historicity as such- may somewhat obscure the metaphysical content of sacred facts, or their spiritual 'translucency' and can even end, in the form of abusive criticism, by 'eroding' history itself and by belittling what is too big for man's powers of conception.
Those who favour rigorous historicity against the mythologies of Asia will doubtless object that the historical truth furnishes proofs of the validity of the means of grace: in this context, it is necessary
to point out, firstly that historical proofs, precisely, could not be quite rigorous in this realm, and secondly that tradition as such, with all that it comprises in the way of symbolism, doctrine and sanctity (not to mention other more or less indeterminate criteria) furnishes much more unexceptionable proofs of the divine origin and the validity of rites; in a sense, the acceptance by tradition (and the development in sanctity) of a means of grace is a criterion far more convincing
than historicity, not to mention the intrinsic value of the Scriptures.
History is often incapable of verification; it is tradition, not criticism, which guarantees it, but it guarantees at the same time the validity of non-historical symbolisms. It is the actual and permanent
miracle of tradition which nullifies the objection that no man living has been a witness of sacred history; the saints are its witnesses in quite other fashion than the historians; to deny tradition as the guarantee of truth amounts in the end to asserting that there are effects without causes.
There is, doubtless, no truth more 'exact' than that of history; but what must be stressed is that there is a truth more 'real' than that of facts; the higher reality embraces the 'exactness', but the latter, on the contrary, is far from presupposing the former.
Historical reality is less 'real' than the profound truth it expresses and which myths likewise express; a mythological symbolism is infinitely more 'true' than a fact deprived of symbolism.
And that brings us back to what we were saying above, namely that the mythological or historical opportuneness of the marvellous, as also the existence of dogmatic antinomies, go to show that for God truth is above all in the efficacy of the symbol and not in the 'bare fact'.
From the point of view of historicity or of its absence, three degrees must be distinguished: mythology, qualified historicity and exact historicity. We find the first degree in all mythology properly so called, as also in the monotheistic accounts of the creation, and the second degree in the other 'prehistoric' narratives, whether they concern Noah or Jonah or the human avataras of Vishnu.
In judaism, rigorous historicity starts perhaps at Sinai; in Christianity, it appears in the whole of the New Testament, but not in the Apocrypha or the Golden Legend, which moreover are not canonical
works, a fact that has earned them a quite undeserved disregard, since symbolism is an essential vehicle of truth; lastly, in Islam, exact historicity attaches to the life of the Prophet and of his Companions, as well as to those of their sayings (ahadith) recognised by the tradition, but not to the stories concerning the pre-Islamic Prophets and events, which are woven of symbols certainly 'exact'
but more or less 'mythical'; to take them literally however is always to let oneself be inspired by their 'alchemical' virtue, even when a real understanding is lacking.
The historical perspective, with all its importance for a certain level of Christian doctrine, is however legitimate only insofar as it can be included in Platonic non-historicity.
Christian 'personalism' derives from the fact of the Incarnation, and then from the 'bhaktic' character of Christianity, a character which in no way prevents this religion from 'containing' metaphysics and gnosis, for Christ is 'Light of the world'; but gnosis is not for everyone, and a religion cannot be metaphysical in its actual form; on the other hand, Platonism, which is not a religion, can be so.
Christian 'historicity', which is conjoint with Jewish 'historicity', implies then no superiority in relation to other perspectives, nor any inferiority so long as the characteristic in question is situated at the level to which it rightfully belongs.
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Frithjof Schuon: The Sense of the Absolute in Religions (from Gnosis: Divine Wisdom)
Her black velvet made the inebriated crowd gasp with delight. Fashion by Joshard, hat by DAE Originals. Furniture by Darren Cole. Pin by Joy Jarred.
A year ago tonight, I took my last drink. It's been rough, but I have survived and tomorrow will be my 1 year "birthday". I've come one hell of a long way and I'm so proud of myself. I didn't think I'd make it. And really, I still have a long way to go. One day at a time.
While I was in treatment I wrote a letter to my father promising that I was getting sober not only for myself, but for him as well. He didn't have the support that I have and suffered in silence. We had no idea how to deal with his disease and he continued to abuse alcohol until it was far too late.
I don't know what will be become of me but I know that I will not give up. I know that this photo may look a bit depressing and this post isn't exactly sunshine and rainbows, but it is a photo of triumph and stregnth. No sympathy please. Only high fives, for taking my last drink...one year ago today.
"When strength is yoked with justice, where is a mightier pair than they?"
Aeschylus, Fragments, l, 298.
"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good."
– Maya Angelou, 'Celebrations: Rituals of Peace and Prayer' (2006).
"Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation
Which rises from the cup of mad impiety,
And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication
Which is more sober far than all sobriety."
– William R. Alger, "The Sober Drunkenness", 'Poetry of the Orient' (1865), p. 167.
Happy Christmas Eve! I don’t normally get myself any gifts, but this year I’m giving myself a solid 7 months of sobriety (as of today!!) 😁 and a few new clothes. Yep, it’s a summer dress and idc. ♀️😂
To celebrate 13 years of continuous sobriety I shot this self portrait at Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, Canada. For more of my experience of being 13 years sober, see this glob post :
Earl R. Stonebridge at his estate south of Laguna. He's planning on securing a yacht and wants to get the feel of the helm and the skipper's hat prior to the purchase. The Smirnoff bottle is simply an empty prop....?
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I was asked if I can shoot a wedding today , I still have not uploaded all the images from the camera, but that one was my favorite while it was in the camera.
Have a nice weekend
giant cowfish? Would be cool if they put this out only late in the night so that those who imbibed too much might reconsider their sobriety!
If Albert were sober enuf and could make it up the front steps without falling and killing himself, Betty would let him in.
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In a truly exceptional location that is right in the centre of the city of Lleida stands the monumental complex of the hill of the Seu Vella. It is comprised of different buildings: the Seu Vella or old cathedral, the Castle of the King or Suda, the military fortification that surrounds the site and various archaeological remains that help us understand the present.
The volumes and profiles that it generates are an overview of the history of Lleida and the hill in particular. The strategic position of this hill, rising from a flat landscape and well communicated in all directions as well as the proximity of the River Segre, has resulted in uninterrupted occupation since ancient times. It is very likely that the Iberian Iltirta, the Roman Ilerda and the Muslim Larida lie under its subsoil, as well as the excellent gothic quarter that was growing majestically in medieval times. The Seu Vella and the Castle of the King are the most outstanding evidences.
Irreparable losses and undesirable applications would come with modern times and European-wide wars, when the entire hill would be desolated and in its place a military fortification that would gradually be built. The only two buildings that were not demolished, the cathedral and the castle, were transformed into gloomy military barracks, a use that would unfortunately last until 1948. Then a slow and encouraging restoration work began that is still underway.
The Seu Vella is the most outstanding building at the monumental complex that bears its name and its silhouette, the skyline of the city. It is the old cathedral of Lleida, but it is not alone. In the city centre, on Carrer Major, we find the Seu Nova, the new cathedral. The fate of one brought on the birth of the other.
Defined as one of the best artistic productions of 13th century Catalan architecture and, by extension, of European medieval architecture, the Seu Vella is a singular cathedral that leaves no one indifferent. Its architecture shares the limelight with high quality carvings that are preserved in capitals, cornices, corbels, portals, etc. The substantial remains of preserved mural paintings or the chapels built by prominent families or distinguished church members are a reflection of a prestigious building with a splendid past.
The Seu Vella cathedral is also steeped in history, as it became an important artistic centre and the visual reference of a rich, extensive and powerful diocese.
Sobriety, grandeur and magnificence are some of its attributes. However, there are many more.
CMU Police Officer David Coffman arrests a student driver after failing a sobriety test during a traffic stop Wednesday night on West Campus Drive.
In this journal entry I discuss my newfound sobriety (as of last month) and my ambivalence about it (which led to a brief slip, although I reclaimed my sobriety rather quickly afterward). I also describe what it's like to have to use the tapering method to get sober, since--believe it or not--no detox facility (at least in this area) accepts anyone with an active eating disorder.
6-26-97.
Hard to believe I was only 23 when I got sober...but honestly if I hadn't gotten sober when I did, I don't think I would be around to talk about it. #blessed
In a truly exceptional location that is right in the centre of the city of Lleida stands the monumental complex of the hill of the Seu Vella. It is comprised of different buildings: the Seu Vella or old cathedral, the Castle of the King or Suda, the military fortification that surrounds the site and various archaeological remains that help us understand the present.
The volumes and profiles that it generates are an overview of the history of Lleida and the hill in particular. The strategic position of this hill, rising from a flat landscape and well communicated in all directions as well as the proximity of the River Segre, has resulted in uninterrupted occupation since ancient times. It is very likely that the Iberian Iltirta, the Roman Ilerda and the Muslim Larida lie under its subsoil, as well as the excellent gothic quarter that was growing majestically in medieval times. The Seu Vella and the Castle of the King are the most outstanding evidences.
Irreparable losses and undesirable applications would come with modern times and European-wide wars, when the entire hill would be desolated and in its place a military fortification that would gradually be built. The only two buildings that were not demolished, the cathedral and the castle, were transformed into gloomy military barracks, a use that would unfortunately last until 1948. Then a slow and encouraging restoration work began that is still underway.
The Seu Vella is the most outstanding building at the monumental complex that bears its name and its silhouette, the skyline of the city. It is the old cathedral of Lleida, but it is not alone. In the city centre, on Carrer Major, we find the Seu Nova, the new cathedral. The fate of one brought on the birth of the other.
Defined as one of the best artistic productions of 13th century Catalan architecture and, by extension, of European medieval architecture, the Seu Vella is a singular cathedral that leaves no one indifferent. Its architecture shares the limelight with high quality carvings that are preserved in capitals, cornices, corbels, portals, etc. The substantial remains of preserved mural paintings or the chapels built by prominent families or distinguished church members are a reflection of a prestigious building with a splendid past.
The Seu Vella cathedral is also steeped in history, as it became an important artistic centre and the visual reference of a rich, extensive and powerful diocese.
Sobriety, grandeur and magnificence are some of its attributes. However, there are many more.
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Monday, August 15, 2022