forest monasteries:

Wat Pah Nanacha (Ubon Ratchathani)
Wat Umong (Chiang Mai)
Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno (aka: Tiger Temple, Kanchanaburi)
Sunnatrum Forest Monastery (Kanchanaburi)


http://chm.forest.go.th/th/

shrine for forest spirit

to do

thai sunday orchid market (bangkok)
orchid/butterfly farm (mae sa valley near chiang mai and near Doi Suthep and Doi Pui national parks)
petchtamsee cactus farm (rayong, th.)
uncle chorn's cabin of cactus
mae sa snake farm
deaw cactus farm

community forests:
> making CF disabled friendly (e.g. Malaysians Against the Discrimination of the Disabled at the Kota Damansara CF)
> khao lak CF
> Khao Din CF
> OISCA Thailand Agro-Forestry Center in Wat Phrabuddhattakpaa
> Northern thai mountains
> Joko Community learning Center
> Umbilical Cord Forest in Maela-Up Village
> Hua Han CF

i am miss piggy and boiled egg nose on steroids wearing 20 dolla galaxy nail polish, soaking jeans and weeklong unwashed hair. korean bbq feast last night and i forget that our xmas extends into the evening with late gifts and video games and no one is awake but me this early. and mocha cake from angel bakery for breakfast.


also i think this summer i will visit a few graduate school programs. plant the seeds before southeast asia.

successful community forestry in mexico

notes for spring trip

via brian

locations:
deep south side of Montauk
national seashore on the cape
north fork of long island
plum island national seashore
also, right in the heart of NYC

fishes to see:
striped bass, fluke, sea bass, flounder, blue fish

extras:
home base in springfield, ma
overnighters
late april, early may

i feel as though i am not yet in my skin. or that i have left my skin behind and i cannot find it. okay so i'm trying to crawl back into my skin, but i gained 20 lbs, and i need to rethink the situation which probably means learning to stand still and accept that i am more naked than before because i've embarrassed myself as witnesses saw me trying to get back in my skin. actually though, i wish a pot of gold could be found underneath my bed and then i would pay all my parking tickets and the trivial things that i will be giving up to compensate the accrued penalties. thoughts! you must leave the mind!

perfect time to go back to la.

who is there? my tribe

it's very cold here. family and friend gathering makes up for it. such strong ties to mama - private and intense. i think my brother has his own version. amazing how that happens. right now everyone's already gone- that was so fast.

to be done, in the warmest room of my house, my bedroom:

re-curate plants
study for exam
cv
internalize
horticulture courses?
california identity
listen to j. mitchell's blue

suddenly i want to know everything about her, anything mama has to say.

encouragement this morning on my visual development. it feels strange because i'm familiar with no feedback, no dialogue. in that way it's very sad. today feels pretty sad actually.

zen

when the student is ready, the teacher appears.