I am going to the Ottawa Valley on January 26, to join The Old Man’s People for a nose-to-nose conversation with Death. What fun! I honestly have no idea quite what I will be doing there, but it just seems to be what I need to do. I have been advised by the instructor, Stephen …
Category: Aging & Dying
When the heart stops beating
One night this past summer I was biking home to Dorje Ling from an evening event at Hollyhock. The night was pitch black , warm and clear with no moon as I pumped and swooped, up and down, eyes wide in the darkness, skin tingling, blood rushing thump thump and all the subtle night smells …
Aging recklessly
I am in the hot tub at Hollyhock. The gently swirling water lifts my breasts pleasantly and suddenly i remember – ah ha! – they used to do that all by themselves. Time passes. I often feel caught in some odd eddy of time’s current. Due mostly (I believe) to 47 years of self-propelled living …
The craving
The Dalai Lama looks pretty happy for a guy who never gets laid. What’s up with that? A wise woman once advised me, that once you’ve gone long enough without it, the craving passes. I didn’t believe it at the time, but now that it is approaching two years since I’ve been in a sexual …
Cracker jack of many trades
Just nabbed a very-part-time job “hosting” at Hollyhock. This seems to imply keeping the coffee bar stocked, cleaning and tidying, and greeting guests and driving them and their stuff to their rooms in a golf cart. Doing what i love best – making people comfy and solving their little problems. The shifts include a Hollyhock …