Sunday, June 15, 2025

Back in the Village




#1 - I have been having a fairly frequent experience the last few months of waking up around 3 in the morning and then being awake for an hour or so.  My doctor said it is normal to have sleep or wake cycles and we just often don't notice them as much when we are young.  She told me to get out of bed and go in a different room and do something quiet, like read or a puzzle, and then when I'm tired again go back to bed.

I've been away from home a little over 2 weeks and last night was the first night I woke up and was awake for a bit.  Most nights I have been sleeping straight thru.  And even last night it wasn't frustrating at all.  

I have been sleeping well.

#2 - There is such a range of hiking experience here.  I just saw a staff member walking by that did an overnight by herself last night over 10 miles away, so over a 20 mile walk.  I'm in awe.  At the same time I asked another staffer today about a hike and she said it was the first hike she had taken in her life.

Each Sunday here I have a "hike haus open house" to answer questions and get people familiar with the place.  I had my first one today and I love it.  There was a large church group that had never been here before so I think I recruited many of them to the short 6:30AM poetry hike I lead on Monday mornings.










(There were only small patches of snow at the end of this hike, but it was fun to see because I did this hike a little later last year and the snow was gone).

#3 - I also had my first dish team of the summer today and it is great to just be able to jump in and help/to know what I am doing.

#4 - Another staff member sent out a message to have a lodge cleaning meeting on Tuesday.  I am super grateful someone else is taking the lead to organize this!

#5 - I picked up Seven Years in Tibet at the library here Friday and I'm already on page 200.  I realized that the Dalai Lama's 90th birthday falls on a Sunday, which is perfect because I often lead a sitting and walking meditation class on Sunday mornings. I can dedicate that class to him and use some of his quotes (as part of my job)!









 

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