Michelstadt am Pazifik
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Michelstadt am Pazifik
@bierfreund.bsky.social
FSD with the next update.
Je bands, donc je suis.
First, do no harm whatsoever.
Second, practice virtue as much as possible.
Third, tame your mind.
These are the teachings of the Buddha
Ok. No idea what these are. Went home around the anniversary of the fire for a rainy day hike. I’ve read that fires spread rare nutrients, perhaps that’s why I saw these fungi for the first time.
January 20, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Working on my shrine at home
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Happy Halloween!
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Red tail hawk, dining on a mourning dove. I heard the doves frantically trying for any shelter before I heard the soft POW of the hawk’s strike and a small spray of feathers.
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Went home the other weekend, itad been too long. Walked over to The Old Place, saw some orange along the path. Traffic cones up here? No, it’s pumpkins! Miraculous since nobody’s been there for months, so these volunteers grew entirely uncultivated and unwatered. I’ll spend a day carving them.
October 23, 2025 at 3:34 AM
“The homes, friends, pleasures and possessions of samsara cause me continual torment by means of the three sufferings.”

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October 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I went home to see what remains. Some native things, like the yucca. Some non-native things as well.
September 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I went home to see what’s come back after eight months. Before and after.
September 25, 2025 at 4:04 AM
July 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I want to go home.
I so badly want to go home.
February 9, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Four Buddha Images Used as Decoration
January 28, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Last night I dreamt I was home again, right when the last light faded, in the curve before the middle property. right on the hillside was this really bright outdoor light on a post. Whoever put that there? I turned and there were glorious roses the color of blood oranges. Must tell Julio!
January 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Karma Thegsum Chöling SoCal put up a GoFundMe page to support a member of the sangha and his husband who lost their home in the Palisades Fire.

Please consider a donation.

gofund.me/214779ff
January 22, 2025 at 6:26 AM
An aspiration by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso

May adverse circumstances arise as friends along the path
May adverse circumstances actually bring us benefit
May we realize emptiness, complete freedom from all elaborations
As a result may we bring great benefit to all sentient beings
January 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Live and Direct after the Fire
Lost the ability to post afternoon of the Palisades. Maybe fixed? Video by landlord who stayed to bitter end. His car 60’ away exploded shortly before this
January 15, 2025 at 2:45 AM
More Live and Direct from Windy SoCal
January 7, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Feral black-headed parakeet in a territorial standoff with other parakeets. These birds are loud, raucous and rarely silent. This one emitted low croaking sounds every 20 seconds.
January 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Happy 2025.

View over the west edge of the Bay of Surprize
January 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In the tradition that I follow, on the first day of the solar year, we offer a candle for peace in the new year. Couldn’t do it this year without crying. Peace seems so far away.
January 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
From the Magic Circle on Christmas Day, looking east and west.
December 26, 2024 at 10:17 PM
One of the joys of two days without electric power during the fire is a return to reading for pleasure.
December 15, 2024 at 9:17 PM
What I don’t worry about:

Leaving my phone or wallet in the car
Kids knocking at the gate on Halloween

What I do worry about:

Squirrels eating all the bird seed
Rattlesnakes in the patio
Wildfires near us every thirty years or so
December 15, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Der Zauberkreise
November 29, 2024 at 1:13 AM
Despite the bright winter sun it’s quite cold. I had to put on clothes to go outdoors.
November 24, 2024 at 11:12 PM
The sun burned off the thin marine layer, two cups of strong coffee and I still don’t have enough energy to do anything other than a smoke offering.
November 24, 2024 at 10:07 PM