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peaceful morning, quiet company, and words of pleasures.
The night before, another chapter of deep economy, explaining how food grown with greater care nearby can make us all happier. Stayed up late for a while with B while he coded.
First, slept in a couple of hours with B, though I'm not sure whether I actually got more than 8 hours. Did wake up feeling pretty ready to go by 10:30, which isn't so bad at all. Poked the computer after a quick shower, and kept it under 5 minutes.
Next, a bowl of crunchy cinnamony kashi, rich and filling. To add to the satisfaction, I surrounded my own breakfast with petting of eager cats, feeding of fish, and watering of plants. Tidied my own nest a bit too.
Went back to devouring a book of the gentlest ways to cook a bit of healthy into yummy foods, with extravagant photographs (ooh, rich golden mac, layers of red lasagna, cocoa chocolate chip pancakes) and names I simply desire.
Let Castor claim my lap after casually picking up the history of the kamasutra. I'd intended to only look at it for a minute, and get back to cleaning up to cook.. but he made such a good point of sharing the joy of pleasant companionship.
He purred, curled up, and eventually consented to more petting. I spent nearly an hour reading about ancient indian society, and their quests to re-assemble the books of knowledge written on all the important parts of life. 1) Dharma: Virtuous living. 2). Artha: Material prosperity. 3). Kama: Aesthetic and erotic pleasure.[ 4). Moksha: Liberation.
Kama, the urge for pleasure, companionship and the sexual impulse of creation seems to be the least trusted of them all, and most mocked by the scholarly of the day. Oddly enough, the cosmopolitan, kama loving society that Vātsyāyana explains, tutors and celebrates has a surprising amount in common with our own today.
Came up to wake up B, and made it as pleasant as possible. Seeing his work now, he got some good code done last night!
The night before, another chapter of deep economy, explaining how food grown with greater care nearby can make us all happier. Stayed up late for a while with B while he coded.
First, slept in a couple of hours with B, though I'm not sure whether I actually got more than 8 hours. Did wake up feeling pretty ready to go by 10:30, which isn't so bad at all. Poked the computer after a quick shower, and kept it under 5 minutes.
Next, a bowl of crunchy cinnamony kashi, rich and filling. To add to the satisfaction, I surrounded my own breakfast with petting of eager cats, feeding of fish, and watering of plants. Tidied my own nest a bit too.
Went back to devouring a book of the gentlest ways to cook a bit of healthy into yummy foods, with extravagant photographs (ooh, rich golden mac, layers of red lasagna, cocoa chocolate chip pancakes) and names I simply desire.
Let Castor claim my lap after casually picking up the history of the kamasutra. I'd intended to only look at it for a minute, and get back to cleaning up to cook.. but he made such a good point of sharing the joy of pleasant companionship.
He purred, curled up, and eventually consented to more petting. I spent nearly an hour reading about ancient indian society, and their quests to re-assemble the books of knowledge written on all the important parts of life. 1) Dharma: Virtuous living. 2). Artha: Material prosperity. 3). Kama: Aesthetic and erotic pleasure.[ 4). Moksha: Liberation.
Kama, the urge for pleasure, companionship and the sexual impulse of creation seems to be the least trusted of them all, and most mocked by the scholarly of the day. Oddly enough, the cosmopolitan, kama loving society that Vātsyāyana explains, tutors and celebrates has a surprising amount in common with our own today.
Came up to wake up B, and made it as pleasant as possible. Seeing his work now, he got some good code done last night!