Dharma bumming in Calgary

[Ed note: I forgot I wrote this when I was out in Calgary at the beginning of August. This was a gorgeous afternoon...]

All life is suffering - certainly if you wake up with a hangover after sleeping folded in half on a loveseat in a hotel room in the northeast of Calgary.

But what the hell, the air is dry, the sky is clear and the sun is warm.

Sat outside, read some Kerouac and soaked up some rays(mith).

Being my usual bent self, see no real reason to put on a front, people are there to be challenged (and be challenging at times).

Ah Orange Pekoe - it ain't Darjeeling, but it will do in a pinch. And I need tea...

So, interesting couple of days, wedding this afternoon, dinner with Dawn and her new man tomorrow - looking forward to that.

"Rich man, poor man, beggar or thief". Ah, that Greg Graffin solo project is pretty sweet sounding.

The bike rental plan went tits up, but that's OK too. Got my stem, bars and quill adaptor... Construction can now begin in earnest.

All right, stream (of consciousness) is running dry. More later. Maybe.

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