Mindfulness of breathing

Last week I started a Meditation & Buddhism course on Tuesday nights. We will be learning two meditations and the first of these is Mindfulness of Breathing. Last week we did the first two stages and this time we did the whole thing. ( Read more... )

Tree type quiz

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Honey monster

I went round to my parents' house after work today, as they have just got back from holiday in the Pyrenees (both sides). They gave me a jar of chestnut blossom honey, which is a gingery colour. One of the other honeys they brought back was so yellow in colour that I thought it was a jar of lemon curd.

I have just had a big spoonful of chestnut honey and not only is it very strongly flavoured, it is also slightly crystallised. I think I'll take it to work to have on my breakfast toast, as I never eat breakfast at home.