The Art of Zen Living

I’m not planning to regularly take weekends “off” - living, even Zen living, is a 7 day a week proposition.

This weekend, however, I’m moving.  I’ve really enjoyed my apartment, and there are things about it that I’ll miss.  I’m looking forward, on the other hand, to having one of my close friends and confidants as a room mate.  The house also has room for a garden (the vegetable kind - more on vegetable and Zen gardens coming, stay tuned!) and an area I can use as a workshop.

There will also be a lot of room for my cats and zen kitten to lounge around the pool.  As much as they love being out on my little lanai, I imagine it will be like having their own, private nirvana over there.

Depending on how things go, I may post again over the weekend.

Regular posts resume monday.

Something else I’ve noticed about my cats, including the visiting kitten, is they are extraordinarily good at singletasking.  Singletasking is a skill that is rapidly disappearing in our culture, replaced by multitasking, ADHD, ADD, and a variety of other acronyms.  Before I go any further, please understand that I’m not saying that these things don’t exist - but I am not convinced that they are as prevalent as our society seems to think, and doctors tend to diagnose.  How is it that a child diagnosed with ADHD doesn’t seem to have a problem sitting and playing Halo for 8 hours straight, but is medically incapable of paying attention in school for a 45 minute class?

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