DMZ 07/08/09

I was in Bay View today dropping off some castings and Products from the India of Mahatma Gandhi at the home of the wikignome (web master of this and many other wiki web pages) Tegan. On the way home I decided to stop by a new store in town Future Green. I was there looking for blocks of coir. I found coir but it was bags of the rough stuff, much more expensive than the blocks and not as digestible for worms. However, I was not disappointed at all by my visit. I found a store full of natural, wholesome products for home décor, organic body care, natural wardrobe and so much more. Talking with one of the owners I discovered that we not only knew many of same people but had many of the same interests, like learning from the land and culture of India. Also this was the first store I had been to where some of the Savardoya products, like Kashmir shawls and organic body care products could be marketed. This visit was a bit of heaven (It also motivated me to get the products, pictures and availability on the Gandhi products site).

After dinner tonight Dawn and I went to the DMZ community garden to plant some of the vegetable plants we received yesterday from the Westside Garden Center. I meant to take my camera with me since this garden, in the midst of neglected area of the city, is bright spot. We were not able to get all the plants in tonight but afterward the garden was looking so good that I took a picture with my cell phone camera. Tomorrow night I will get a better one but for now here is a picture of a bit of heaven in the central city.

Today at a mass for my deceased friend Joe Brooks, husband of Ella of patch quilt fame, at the chapel of our Church, the gospel ended with the phrase “the Kingdom of God is at hand.” The Kingdom of God is another name for what he called heaven and in the Our Father prayer we pray that “the Kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven”. Today walking into the Future Green store or looking over the DMZ garden as we left I experienced a bit of heaven.

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