The First Sweat of 2010

I've got all these lists going that feed my day with stuff to gather. Here's one from last Friday night................
Liners
Sage
Oranges
2 Towels
Water
Down Jacket
Thats right, we did our first sweat of the year on the first night of the year in our kinda new sweat down by the river. Close enough to walk down and jump in, though we didn't that night! Kinda new meaning we redid the old frame with new willow sticks. Gary and Scott did the rebuild on our sweat for ten people. We only had 4 takers that night, but that didn't discount the experience which was excellant! I felt real good the next day, a sign of a good and sweet sweat.

Here's another shot from last Sundays drumming, our first of the year.

The First Drumming of Twenty-Ten.......

Adria's Goodbye Dance.........

Here's the last of the years videos. Anyone who has been with us for awhile gets a last dance at the Sunday night circle if ever they should move. Here's the most recent one for Adria.........................................

Morning Startup..........

Here's a picture from my commute today, Monday, Dec. 28..8.30am the last Monday of 09I'm driving the speed limit around the lake on the way up to Three Rivers to work. Its crystal clear and cool.I grab a sip from my coffee and a bite from my cut in half PBJ, heavy on the bosenberry jelly, reached over and changed the radio station and checked my cellphone for messages and decided to get out my camera for some pics..........all this while driving like I said.

Art Explaination......

Hello, Well the Holidays are all around us. You can't go anywhere or listen or see anything that's not about the Holidays. There in every room now.
I've been putting up lots of old pictures lately, most from around 2002. I guess thats when I got my first digital camera and the Drum Circle persona were first on my list of catching life in its most interesting ways. But, Dude the pictures of the Drum Circle are blurry!! And, some of them still are today! Well, Please let me explain why that is. I really hate using a Flash. I hate the way evevrybody looks and the way it just washes everything. I love the long shutter. The camera staying open and catching as much light as there is before it closes and makes a picture. At night there is not much light around where we drum. We make the fire bigger for pictures but still people move around when there's a big groove going, so blurry is a form of the body in motion. It catches the moment I see better than anything else does. It makes us ageless. And, as a bonus, it turns into paintings. Art in a life form. These last few pictures I found are good blurries and were from one of our big and famous Halloween Parties, this was 2004.............

Memory Lane pics................

Tom.....................

A Trip into the Depths of Sequoia.................

Here's some pictures from last weeks Caving adventure. It started with a small hole to crawl into, which had a big double locked and heavy stainless steel plate that had to be removed. Then hooking to ropes and sliding down around 100' into the darkest unknown of the "Ursa Minor" cave. One of the newest cave's in Sequoia and very untouched by but a few. The cave is named after the Bear Bones found deep inside. These bones are quite a mystery as there's no way the bear could have come in the way we did and there's no other way out.........at least of where exploration has gone so far.

Beautiful jeweled rooms the size of big houses with cave formations that you rarely see such as the 6' long soda straws. I considered myself very lucky to make this trip as we hiked out 3 miles of uphill through deep, cold as steel and now dark forest to the welcome car...............Life is good for this drumcircle dude...........................

Clear, Cool and going good so far.................

Here's some pictures, the scenic one is from today. Very cold and clear and white today. A sprinkling of snow around Three Rivers...............

Message from Linda

Hi my Beautiful Drummers,
I would like to have a drumming at my Mom's home in Visalia tonite, Friday the 20th of November. My Mom is on Hospice comfort care at a Convalescent home right around the corner from her home. I fell moved to drum for my Mom and would love it if you would join me.
I have talked to a few of you on the phone and it sounds like we should create a great drumming party, so please come. Bring food or drink if you like.
Her address is 1312 S. Rossmoor in Visalia. Call me or email and I will get you directions.
Love you & miss you all so much.
Peace, Linda

Visuals........

Well Hello! Thought I'd put some pics up....more powerful than words, at least this morning. We're getting together tonight for some drumming, why don't you just come on up......................