“Even in Kyoto-

Hearing the cuckoo’s cry

I long for Kyoto.”

-Basho

This seems fitting to come across on this, my last weekday of unemployment before starting my exciting new J.O.B.. Amidst the excitement and anxiety of starting something new and big, and the self-imposed pressures of using this time to get ahead on my projects and wrap up loose ends, the Buddhist in me is reminding me (or trying to): that it is sunny, that I have yummy coffee, that I am well, and I am listening to Coltrane’s “Syeeda’s Song Flute.”