…what we did with it. Nutritious and Delicious! The Buddha Nature grows its own.
Category Archives: Spirituality
One Day’s Harvest and…
Posted in DIY and Maker Culture, Gardening, iPhone, Mendocino County, Subcultures, The Buddha Nature
Tagged Buddha Nature, Country Gay, Food, gardening, iPhone, Salad
Frog Days of Summer…country tech Cali haiku and iPad photo
Long deck warm fall day…
Flop! What? Leg! Leap. Where? Table.
iPad. Snap! Gotcha!
Posted in indicator Species, iPhone, Mendocino County, Photography, Spirituality
Tagged Frog, Haiku, iPad, Photography
More Morning Frog
Wet Ass. Deep Grunts. Bulging Eyes. What? Cool morning Frog at Twisted Timbers.
Yes. Gay Highwaymen IS getting all Basho on y’all.
Another Morning Frog here.
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Gardening, iPhone, Mendocino County, Spirituality, The Buddha Nature
Tagged Animal, Buddha Nature, Frog, Haiku, iPhone, Photography
The Amazing Artman! Richard Bolingbroke launches new Website…
Richard Bolingbroke. Lost. 2009. From the series "Art is a Four Letter Word"
Friend of this site Richard Bolingbroke has launched a new website. Bolingbroke says of his series Art is a Four Letter Word: “Words and images are the two main ways we communicate and understand the world around us. In these paintings I explore the interplay of words and images in an effort to understand both the innate tension that exists between these two methods of defining and recording ideas, and the bond that they can create with intellect and sensation.” His new site is live, here. Enjoy!
Posted in Collecting, Internet, Richard Bolingbroke, San Francisco, Spirituality
Tagged Art, Culture, Gay, Image/Text, Richard Bolingbroke, San Francisco, Spirituality, Watercolor
Morning Frog. Really.
Sitting on its wet ass in a flower pot. the Buddha Nature croaks. 
Posted in ANIMALS: Human and otherwise..., Gardening, iPhone, Mendocino County, Photography, The Buddha Nature
Tagged Buddha Nature, iPhoto
Damn Vinegar! Jesus Christ is on the Internet and is following us on Twitter!
Jesus Christ - Twitter Avatar
Breaking internet meme: this site was surprised when one of its associates was notified that his newest Twitter follower was none other than Jesus Christ Himself! With a tag line of “Follow Jesus in your life and on Twitter” J.C. seems to have appeared on the internet just this morning. None of His posts are older than an hour, but this son has been busy. He goes by @JesusProphet online and has already tweeted at Lady Gaga that she looks “like the cowardly lion.” Seemed like a compliment! Other choice bits include “White people are funny, they really think I am one? Come on, get a map.” and “I think I’m starting to get splinters.” You can find Christ on Twitter @JesusProphet. And yes, we are following Him back.
UPDATE: RIP JC of the Internet. After a mere two-hour existence on-line, Jesus Christ has had His Twitter account suspended. Religious satire lives fast and dies quick on the Internet. More to the story…no doubt.
Posted in Internet, Literature, Spirituality, Strange News, Subcultures
Tagged Funny, Internet, Jesus Christ, JesusProphet, Lady Gaga, meme, Religion, Satire, Tweet, Twitter
Ahhh…Sand! Microphotographer sees a Universe of Small, Hard Beauty Underfoot
photo: Gary Greenberg
Sand…those little rocks on the beach. Sand…in the 19th century, it was just one more slang term for testicular fortitude. Because you can never have too many ways to say it! Rocks, gravel, sand, guts, nuts…he’s got some set of balls on him! But back in the day, they used to say: “He’s got sand!”
Gary Greenberg, a biomedical researcher from University College London, has recently published A Grain of Sand, a book of close-up photographs of sand. He sees the big picture in the little picture. He’s not the only one. Way back in the 18th century, proto-homosexual poet William Blake wrote:
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
More on Dr. Greenberg’s microphotography here. More on seeing the Universe in unexpected places here.
Posted in Art and Artists, England, Photography, Scholarship, Spirituality
Tagged Art, Culture, Gary Greenberg, Microscope, Nature, Photography, Sand, Science, Spirituality, William Blake
GEAR UP! (New Gear Men host Old Leather in Cali’s Saratoga Springs)
Photo and Design: Gay Highwaymen 2011
Old Leather; New Gear. Same fucking twisted kinky throbbing bobbing dripping ass-kicking mind-bending challenging pervert stuff as always. Of course. Style changes but stiff pricks and throbbing balls always rise to the particular season’s occasion. It’s about what got us hot and hard when we were young, and what does it now. N’est pas? See-see bone! Leather? Kevlar? Rope? Metal? Crazy new materials fresh out of R/D labs? All the wonders of modern technology? Or go way old school: kidnap a willing victim to the woods for some paleo-punk action in private. Way past medieval. Lots of room to get lost. Or…show off under the spotlight. Or…or…or. Sure. Why not? If it gets you hard and he’s game, have at it! Do the hokey-pokey. Because that really is what it’s all about…
Gear Up! is a Mens weekend party/run happening this weekend at Saratoga Springs. (The Cali Stagecoach Stop not the NY Resort!) This is the run’s first year and it is “geared” towards the younger set, to the post AIDS-crisis generation of men who lost most of the Men who would have been their generational elders and mentors – had more survived. Thankfully, some did! So…it’s a mixer. As the GearUp guys say: “amid open playspaces and numerous educational workshops, GearUp brings together the open-minded beginner with the trustworthy player.” Sounds like a plan! For more information on GearUp click here. More on Saratoga Springs here. Plus…if you are at the run and want a cool opportunity for a little silence and solitude in the midst of so damned much hotness, check out the Nishikigoi (Koi) Pond, here. Oh, oh oh, ommmm….!
Posted in AIDS, Leather, Nishikigoi, Northern California, Photography, Spirituality, Subcultures
Tagged Avant Guard, BDSM, California, Culture, Gay, Gear, Gear Up, Kevlar, Kink, Leathermen, Materials, New Guard, Old Guard, Paleo-punk, Photography, Saratoga Springs, Sexy, Spirituality
Rural Dungeon Still Life…
…often occupied. Momentarily empty. The space used to be a goat barn. Now it is a dungeon. The focus of the photo is a piece of classic dungeon furniture known in the scene as a St. Andrew’s Cross. Site of many a spiritual journey…et cetera.
Posted in DIY and Maker Culture, iPhone, Leather, Mendocino County, Northern California, Photography, Spirituality, Subcultures
Tagged BDSM, Design, Dungeon, Gay, iPhone, Leather, Photography, Rural, St Andrew's Cross, Still Life
The Buddha Nature…
Posted in Collecting, DIY and Maker Culture, Photography, Signage, Spirituality, The Buddha Nature
Tagged Art, Conceptual, Erotic, Found Object, Gay, Red Thread, Sex, Spirituality, The Buddha Nature, Zen
The Gay Highwaymen 