7 February 06

Zen Beekeeping

The almond tree is in full blossom. We’re having some unseasonably warm weather here and the fruit trees are responding vigorously.

The landlord’s son’s beekeeping business is now headquartered in Nevada, but he seems to spend a lot of time down here, trucking bees around the Central Valley to pollinate fruit trees. Today the bees were busy—and angry. He got stung several times.

He’s a meat and potatoes kind of guy, young Johnny, but he took the stings with a stoic smile. I don’t know why I was so impressed by this, but I was. No sound from his lips. His life’s mission seems to be keeping his bees happy.

I will be doing fewer blog rounds over the next week. I’ve reached the dreaded week 4 of the Artist’s Way, Reading Deprivation Week. Yikes. I’ve read very little today and it was terrifying and quite liberating. I have yet to check my email, may wait until the morning…

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  1. Do you find The Artist’s Way very helpful? The first time I tried it I got sort of put off by the constant babying tone. But then I didn’t get very far, either, so I don’t know how it hold’s up. Has it made a big difference for you? (I know Color My Parachute did years ago)
    — Miguel Arboleda    7. February 2006, 21:05    Link
  2. Take courage. This too shall pass. I found it very difficult to get through the Reading Deprivation Week—but I made it!

    Your almonds make me somewhat homesick. We lived in Loomis, CA for 20 years and had almonds both in our yard and across the street so this time of year we were surrounded with trees overfowing with flowers.

    Good luck with AW
    — endment    8. February 2006, 09:56    Link
  3. One of the things I miss most about the west coast is early spring and the almond trees blossoming. Enjoy!
    — loretta    8. February 2006, 16:49    Link

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