London – Brighton 1

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kings of da fooking mountain!
Finn and i did the London to Brighton yesterday (fathers day too!)
more snaps and a leisurely tale later, probs, but we both made it cycling up the beacon! euphoria… and a lovely eagles eyrie view up top
Finn youthful, upbeat and determined, and on a reasonable bike, skipped up
wheras i slipped into granny gear and grim ground it out… as often with me, an astonishing over achievement
i hadn’t intended to pedal up, but once you start, there is a certain reluctant stubborn-ness, ha!
mostly it’s that it come after 45 miles when your a smidgin weary from spinning wheels
to put it in perspective tho, the young lad we were chatting to, who took this snap, made it up on a 1970’s small wheeled Raleigh shopper, with no gears
impressive

sri hanuman chaleesa

Calling out to hungry hearts
Everywhere through endless time
You who wander, you who thirst
I offer you this bodhi mind.
Calling out to hungry spirits
Everywhere through endless time
Calling out to hungry hearts
All the lost and left behind
Gather round and share this meal
Your joy and your sorrow
I make mine.
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listened to this song this morning just as the sun rose glorious, peeking out from midst its bed of clouds
solace to all hearts swollen with sorrow… we are most human burdened with our yearning

sing the thoughts that conjure this beautiful world into being
give thanks, last day(s)… pass gentle through these gates of sweet nectar xxx

sleepy devon

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ha! meanwhile in sleepy devon, midst all the turmoil, the gastropod faction is taking over!
just got a very sorry looking ‘damaged’ late birthday card from my kid sis, with an accompanying official Royal Mail apology letter
“…slugs and snails still occasionally manage to creep into the apertures, fall down into the box and start eating the glue/adhesive on the stamps and envelopes… i am sorry for any problems caused by this unusual ‘tampering’ and while…”
they’re coming for us! and they’re eating our words, nibbling through our notions, yes i say eating our wor..