It’s easy to get swept up in red, white, and blue barbecue fever and forget why we celebrate this day – so I want to take a moment and say a heartfelt “Thank you” to all our veterans, without whom our country would be a very different place.  This includes my grandfather, who served in Naval Aviation in WWI, and my beloved Dad who was in Navy boot camp when WWII ended.

This weekend also marks the beginning of the Lewes Farmers’ Market, so you know I will be out there Saturday morning getting fresh eggs and herbs and whatever else I can’t resist.   Enjoy!

Where did it come from? What does it mean?

Take one part religion, one part mathematics, one part philosophy,one part cosmology - and mix well!

Learn to see the universal patterns in nature and the magick in math and shapes. Learn about the music of the spheres, the vesica piscis, the golden section, the Fibonacci series, as well as basic shapes and their symbology.

Held at Gossamer Hawk on Saturday January 23rd at 2 pm.  With Blyth.  Suggested donation $13.  Bring pen and paper and questions.

Gossamer Hawk is located in Wescoats Corner in Lewes, next to Delaware Rental and Fehrenbach’s Flooring.

Insight Meditation Community Presents A Weekend With Luisa Montero-Diaz

The Insight Meditation Community of Lewes (IMC-L) presents “Cultivating Our Wholesome Qualities: Love, Compassion, Joy and Equanimity,” for a Friday evening talk and Saturday retreat with returning meditation teacher Luisa Montero-Diaz, November 6 – 7 in Lewes.

Buddhism holds one can cultivate inherent wholesome qualities, referred to as the Brahma Viharas, that are always accessible and limitless. These divine or heavenly abodes are Lovingkindness (Metta), Compassion (Karuna), Appreciative Joy (Mudita) and Equanimity (Upekkha).

An introduction to these qualities will be the focus of the First Friday Dharma talk at Saint Peter’s Parish Hall in Lewes from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. On Saturday, a full day of practices to cultivate these wholesome qualities will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Biden Center in Henlopen State Park in Lewes.

Luisa Montero-Diaz has been practicing and teaching meditation for over 20 years. She completed the first three-year Community Dharma Leadership program offered by the Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She has been affiliated with Insight Meditation Community of Washington, DC since its inception.

Saint Peter’s Episcopal Parish Hall is at second and Mulberry Streets in Lewes. The suggested donation is $5.00. The Biden Center in Henlopen State Park is located at 42 Cape Henlopen Drive in Lewes, 1/2 mile past the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal. The suggested donation is $45.00, which includes lunch. Chairs are provided, and attendees should bring their favorite floor cushions or blankets. Biden center passes are available that morning at the park office. The door opens at 8:30 a.m. For any questions and to help plan for lunch item quantities, please reserve with Nick Edge at 302-945-4094 or edgeconick@comcast.net.

For directions to the Biden center, scheduled events and weekly meditation meetings, please visit www.IMC-Lewes.org.

The Insight Meditation Community of Lewes (IMC-L) invites all to a weekend of mindfulness with returning meditation and yoga teacher Jonathan Foust in Lewes, September 18 -19, 2009.

The First Friday dharma talk will take place at Saint Peter’s Parish Hall from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in Lewes. Foust has chosen the topic “Self And The World,” to encourage how one cultivates wakefulness in their own life while consciously expressing themselves in the world.

Saturday’s full-day retreat “Buddha at the Beach: Meditation with Nature,” will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the rejuvenating setting of Cape Henlopen State Park. It is a day for both beginning and practiced meditators and is IMC-L’s first mostly outdoor meditation retreat. Attendees will have this stunning natural backdrop in late summer to help transition their attention to what arises within bodies and minds when they receive permission to retreat into fall’s less hectic pace.

This mostly silent retreat day will be supported with brief dharma discussion, guided meditations and time outside practicing both walking and seated meditation. Yoga on the beach will also be included so warm or layered clothing is suggested.

For the past 30 years, Jonathan Foust, MA, has studied and practiced numerous meditation disciplines from both the Yogic and Buddhist traditions, having lived 15 years in a monastic setting. He has been leading retreats and training teachers for over twenty years in both residential and corporate settings. He is the president emeritus and a senior teacher at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, the largest teaching facility for yoga and holistic health in North America. He is also on the Teacher’s Council of the Insight Meditation Community of Washington (IMC-W) and teaches a number of local classes in the D.C. metropolitan area. He has been widely quoted for his commentary on yoga, meditation, spirituality and healing in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Yoga Journal and other national publications and media.

Saint Peter’s Episcopal Parish Hall is at second and Mulberry Streets in Lewes. The suggested donation is $5.00. Saturday’s retreat will be held at the Biden Center in Henlopen State Park at 42 Cape Henlopen Drive in Lewes. The center is located 1/2 mile past the Cape May-Lewes Ferry Terminal beyond the park entrance booth. The suggested donation is $45.00, which includes lunch. Chairs are provided, and attendees should bring their favorite floor cushions or blankets. Biden center passes are available that morning at the park office. The door opens at 8:30 a.m. For any questions and to help plan for lunch item quantities, please leave a reservation message with Nick Edge at 945-4094.

For directions to the Biden center, scheduled events and weekly meditation meetings, please visit www.IMC-Lewes.org, or www.jonathanfoust.com for teacher biography.

>The presentation of Insight Meditation is nonsectarian. The ethics and teachings of the Buddhist tradition are presented merely as tools to help guide participants through the meditation process.