i used to live in ft collins; i know the area well! my companion is buddhist (and i have definite leanings)...last year for his birthday i drove us up to shambhala as a surprise. it's a beautiful place...so spiritual, so serene. i'd not been to red feather in probably 25-30 years. i was surprised to see the forks cafe' still exists!
last i knew there wasn't any sort of 'scene' in ft collins, but given where you live now, that beats the heck outta dealing with sporto-collegians and neo-hippies in ft fun!
also, i'd wager the devil-skwerls are either aberts or douglas...i believe they both live up there. up here at 9100' we get douglas, (aka chickarees or pine skwerls). they are damned cute little buggers.
YES! thanks you!!!! I love living here, especially now with the snow adding that extra bit of solitude and beauty to the Stupa. The forks JUST closed, or so I heard- we all go to the pot belly deli and bar up in red feather, for karaoke on saturdays.damn! 9100? where do you live?
i've seen photos in the shambhala catalog of the stupa in the snow...breathtaking! i'd love to take another trip up there sometime soon and see it in person. (and i know my companion wouldn't say no!)
aw, fare-thee-well, forks cafe'. :(
our home is in the mountains about 50 miles west of denver. :)
it's about 2-2.5 hours away...about 170 miles, i reckon...close, but with gas prices the way they are, not close enough right now! hopefully soon.
have a thought for us next time you're in the stupa...the dragonfly and the pomegranate mosaics on the floor were stunning, to say nothing of the other beautiful and moving objects of mindfulness all about.
HA! I was just there this morning. i have tripped on those pomegranites so many times! It's fun to sit in there when the land is full of tourists because everyone slips on it. CHogyam Trungpa Rimpoche, the founder of Shambhala Buddhism in the west, was called "the trickster" for just such reminders of mindfulness in everything you do- there's a good story about him driving drunk in London and crashing into a joke shop... This land is like that. I will send a thought or two your way next time I'm up there!
it seems like it would be easy to slip on it...i think that's why it was put there! :-D
that is, since i have indeed heard that chogyam trungpa was quite the jokester. i'd also heard the origin of the pomegranate was that diana mukpo gave him a pomegranate as a gift when they were courting. that place is so full of symbolism!
last i knew there wasn't any sort of 'scene' in ft collins, but given where you live now, that beats the heck outta dealing with sporto-collegians and neo-hippies in ft fun!
also, i'd wager the devil-skwerls are either aberts or douglas...i believe they both live up there. up here at 9100' we get douglas, (aka chickarees or pine skwerls). they are damned cute little buggers.
thanks for sharing! :)
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The forks JUST closed, or so I heard- we all go to the pot belly deli and bar up in red feather, for karaoke on saturdays.damn! 9100? where do you live?
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aw, fare-thee-well, forks cafe'. :(
our home is in the mountains about 50 miles west of denver. :)
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have a thought for us next time you're in the stupa...the dragonfly and the pomegranate mosaics on the floor were stunning, to say nothing of the other beautiful and moving objects of mindfulness all about.
it is quite a place.
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This land is like that.
I will send a thought or two your way next time I'm up there!
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that is, since i have indeed heard that chogyam trungpa was quite the jokester. i'd also heard the origin of the pomegranate was that diana mukpo gave him a pomegranate as a gift when they were courting. that place is so full of symbolism!
thank you again for your thoughts... :)
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