http://www.greengirl.org My small green corner of the etherscape. Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:54:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Breathing the Body Yoga Meditation Retreat Tassajara Zen Center June 13-18, 2010 This place is a blessing. Resilience-freedom-ease-elegance in challenge and intimacy. THREE SEED SOURDOUGH ROUND, BRIE AND SPROUT BREAKFAST "When you say 'I breathe' the 'I' is extra." Suzuki Roshi. Sound of chanting - sound of raking - sound of creek dancing - sound ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/06/30/the-i-is-extra/ Dumped rain and snowed at start, swimming at end, missing all of the Peanut Gallery except Kimmy the steadfast Tequila Liaison who ended up taking shots for all those missing [ Ellen stayed home for fear of getting sick but caught pnemonia anyway just THINKING of camping in the snow, ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/06/24/tequila-mockingbird-2010/ Reward for scramble out a thousand feet above Rancheria Falls - La Conte Point, Hetch Hetchy Resevoir, Kolana Rock, and Hetch Hetchy Dome Granite Scramble and look back over Tiltill Valley One secret view spot - 5 falls - 2 painters - 0 other hikers for 2 hours - Liberty Cap, Vernal and Nevada ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/06/11/yosemite-vistas/ how to climb a mountain Make no mistake. This will be an exercise in staying vertical. Yes, there will be a view, later, a wide swath of open sky, but in the meantime: tree and stone. If you’re lucky, a hawk will coast overhead, scanning the forest floor. If you’re lucky, a set of wildflowers ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/05/22/all-the-evidence-you-need-to-make-your-way/ Chuck wanted to try out some new gear in prep for a Canyonlands trip so off we went, exploring the Hunting Hollow entrance to Henry Coe state park. He had 42 pounds (mostly water) in his pack and kept up with me all day on our 10 mile hike making ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/05/07/creeks-to-cross/ This morning we built an AM radio. Not from scratch exactly, and I still can't tell you how the amplifier or the resistors work, but we finished it and Charlie switched it on, leaned in close to listen.  It had an on-off switch, a volume slide and a wheel tuner ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/05/02/snap-circuits/ Blackbirds by Julie Cadwallader Staub I am 52 years old, and have spent truly the better part of my life out-of-doors but yesterday I heard a new sound above my head a rustling, ruffling quietness in the spring air and when I turned my face upward I saw a flock of blackbirds rounding a curve I didn't know was ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/05/01/may-day/ I am sitting on Feyner's front steps drowsey in the sun. I am watching a handful of quail browse for lunch on the knoll. I am listening to a chorus of barn swallows and ducking under their acrobatic aeronautics.  I am watching two whales make their way north far below ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/04/28/big-creek/ Weather conditions report: Many lizards, few newts. At last. (Nothing against newts) After a pastoral evening on the deck and in the cliff perched hot tub of Pidgeon Point Lighthouse celebrating Piets 47th I introduced a few of his friends to the wonders of Whitehouse Ridge Trail and Chalk Mountain. We ... http://www.greengirl.org/2010/04/19/change-in-the-weather/ So happy to see Piet sporting the birthday shirt Kyrrha got him in Seattle, shows you how racy racy bike activists can be: So enjoyed chilling with his peeps at Pidgeon Point Lighthouse on a calm, sweet night. http://www.greengirl.org/2010/04/19/put-the-fun-between-your-legs/