Where Shep the Dog Teaches Us How to Live in the Now

(as a close friend of the Diodato family I have special access to Mr. IntheNow himself & will occasionally share some zen secrets via direct observation....)

The Path

Hmmmmm.....Should I go or should I .....

 I'm going in....

 Wow, I'm in pretty deep here - it's so much fun!!!

Endless, whew...endless green and fun....

I....can't ....see ....you .... only...smell....

Where am I? I'm not here anymore...

Ha! What? Worried? Nahhhh!

Hi house, hi gravel, hi trees, hi family, hi sunshine.....I'm back from my adventure.....

Let's do it again....

Lightness of Being

We have hardly been here a week and the countryside has bloomed like fireworks into green wheat stalks and yellow flowers. Every hill rolls underneath the blue sky at just the right angle. I have often heard and of course found myself saying that the light here in the Senese is a particular light and so it is.

It isn't just the sky that has the light. Or the hills and leaves on trees. The people too and also the animals. There is Shep the Wonder Dog that I wrote about before and I am beginning to think he might be the main reason we came her. He is truly a prince and a light source for Anima, who has fallen for him in a hard way.

I have decided that everyone deserves to see Shep and his light and so I have put up a Daily Shep onto Tumblr where Ani has her Anima Trvls blog for pictures. Please click onto the link in a few days time and see the wonderful Shep collection ...you'll get a laugh at his wonderfullness and nod in agreement at his lightness of being.

The Wonder Dog

We slept 12 hours all the way through breakfast and lunch. The English weather followed us a bit to Tuscany but it's not nearly as dreary.

 The Deodato's have a lovely dog named Shep.

Balancing Rocks on the Nose

 Shep is The Dog Eckhart Tolle had in mind when he wrote 'The dog is IN THE NOW so it can teach you or remind you".

Shep the Wonder Dog

 I am giggling just thinking about his goofy, handsome face chasing rocks in the tall grass.

Happiness