dylan tweney

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  • San Francisco.

    San Francisco (at Aquatic Park Historic District) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLkWjW7JF6-/?igshid=1jd1evndhu7wb

  • Bay mud

    A lovely evening for a swim. The tide was low and the water cool, and as I waded out (quite far before it was deep enough to swim) I noticed that the squishy mud I was wading through was warm, quite a bit warmer than the water actually.… Story continues … “Bay mud”

  • We are already a buddha

    “We are already a Buddha so why not just take the hand of another Buddha and practice walking meditation?” -Thich Nhat Hanh https://www.instagram.com/p/CLN0iCAJv9a/?igshid=1r93kj6hzzm3w

  • another ink drawing inspired by Michael Wenger https://www.instagram.com/p/CKfRR96JWe0/?igshid=1mdrehlv9tfym

  • calligraphy inspired by a talk from Michael Wenger, a Zen teacher, last week. The words are his https://www.instagram.com/p/CKfRDG5JsGU/?igshid=1dq5eg01wix2f

  • The tree with the lights in it

    Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie DillardMy rating: 5 of 5 starsIt took many months for me to finish reading this book, as I could only manage it in small doses. Dillard writes with an intensity level that starts around 7 or 8 and cranks up to 11 by the end of each chapter, and…

  • Freed from predation pressure, abalone had become plentiful in California’s coastal waters. Native Americans had been decimated by infectious diseases and the economies of coastal (and other) tribes had been severely disrupted. Sea otters, which devour abalone, were on the brink of extinction thanks to the global fur trade, as otter pelts fetched exorbitant prices…

  • In the hospital ward, we were not allowed visitors because of Covid restrictions so on each of the five days, I revisited a different decade of my past, dwelling at length on close relationships, wondrous journeys and joyful moments. Five months on, I still get great pleasure from doing this.… Story continues … “”

  • I hope this old grandmother/grandfather oak doesn’t mind me sharing this image where their roots are showing. It’s such a perfect illustration that, for trees, as much is going on belowground as above… more, actually, for the roots are where the tree does their thinking.… Story continues … “”

  • there’s a Moon among the persimmons https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjSmgXpo1_/?igshid=u6b01r53woo2