Old Mans Beard, AKA Traveller's JoyClimbing on the stone wall and tumbling over into the lane this rambling plant graces our walks to and from the meditation hall and main buildings.
I wrote about the concept of the grieving beard back in the spring of 2006. That's a beard grown by men when they are remembering somebody. When they have finished grieving they shave it off.
Well there is certainly a lot going on in the world that would cause us to grieve. Just sitting with that, in particular the situation in Burma, is the best one can do.
