the beginning

vivian thorne and kevin chaves

voladores vineyard, paso robles

on the eighteenth of june, 2011

margot hartford took these photos- i'm meeting with her tomorrow, as we're

planning on working on a few projects together. in the meantime, wanted to

begin to share a bit of the marvelous wealth. these are just a few, and only

screen shots. must add that some favorites are saved for later- stay tuned.

the very thought of you

and i forget to do...

the little ordinary things that everyone ought to do

i'm living in a kind of daydream

i'm happy as a king

and foolish though it may seem

to me that's everything

photographers to include:

Peter Basnight, Daniel Cochran,

Robbie Nelson, Connie Moore Thorne

may you stay amazed

photo: daniel cochran

carnation lily lily rose

when people asked what the colors were, this was always (for

the past ten months) what came to mind. i think we did it! & what

a dream it was. full of family, full of love. is anything better?

[dear mr. sargent, thank you]

photo: daniel cochran

a fine weekend in Paso Robles

photos: daniel cochran

may you stay amazed

these days are sweet

& full

and, already, brimming with memories

::

may you be happy

may you be well

may you stay amazed

::

"...'Is it true that noble friends are half of the holy life?' And the Buddha said, 'No, it's not true. Noble friends are the whole of the holy life.' So I would like you for a minute to look around at your noble friends, people that have helped you through all these years. Think about it your family back there who are, all of them, your noblest friends from the beginning. Think about the people who couldn't be here today who are part of your life who are your noble friends. And I'd like us to do this meditation together. You can look at the noble friends so you can think about the noble families. I'd like you to think, you don't have to say this out of your mouth, but you can think it in your mind. May your life go well, may you be happy, may your dreams come true. Think of somebody else now. May your life go well, may you be happy, may your dreams come true. Think of somebody else. May your life go well, may you be happy, may your dreams come true.

Now let's change the—we're all doing that, right? We're all doing that. Think of people. Now change the pronoun. We'll all change the pronoun. We'll change the pronoun from 'you' to 'we.' May our lives go well, may we be happy, may our dreams come true. May we stay awake and alert, may we stay friendly, may we stay amazed."

dr. sylvia boorstein | stanford university, 11.06.05

note

this Easter, a young man we are very fond of snapped a

photo of the bookcase in our front hall; later, he sent

it (and others)- a thoughtful note. what a lovely

way to thank someone. what a delightful gift it is

to see the funny little set of shelves through his eyes.

photo: k. chaves