Friday, March 24, 2023

Second to the last...

 

Now that we're down to one week before we hit the road again, plenty of our day-to-day stuff will be "the last time this trip."  Today, Joan and I went to Mark and Cindy's house.  After lunch (thanks, Cindy - it was tasty!), we visited for a bit, then went into "Junior High Dance mode": the boys went one way, the girls went the other.  Joan and Cindy made a trip to a fabric store... which turned out to be more recon than retail.  Mark and I went into his studio and put some finishing touches on the music video we recently completed, worked on another new song, then made some music.  It was a good afternoon.

Cindy made a beautiful bead mala for Joan.  "What's a mala?"  Thanks for asking - it is a string of 108 beads used in meditation to focus the mind (Cindy is a yoga instructor).  The tassel on a mala is a representation of a lotus flower.  The guru bead (starting and ending point for meditation/prayer) on this necklace is... a mermaid.  Cindy knows our connection to the water.  She wrote: "You mala is Jade, which is a good luck stone, bringing prosperity, deep wisdom, compassion, peace, and balance."  Lovely...


Second to last?  One more get-together next week with Mark and his friends to make some music.


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