an asana

[Guest guest]

Back on Friday November 11 I dug out a flat spot half way down the

Napa river bank. I kept the loose soil in place by using my razor

type scotter as a retainer. Then I sat for a Laksmi Puja, and things

seem to have gone rather well, or at least to my liking. The anglers

10 yards to the south of me fished all day and only caught tiny

stripers which the had to release back into the river. They got

plenty of nibbles where the fish gingerly eat away their bait without

any significant hook ups. On completing my puja I climbed up to the

top of the river bank to sit with the fishermen. I told them that the

fish must have spent so much time down a Stanford or even Harvard. I

told them that the fish around here are getting too well educated to

take the hook. All the strippers eat well and swam free that day and

also on Saturday November 12. I may have nerver gotten through the DM

gates on my trip north, but the Napa Library and river bank provided

me plenty of fun. I scavenged some cans at the crossroads and in that

process I found the out of season berry patch, the wine presses and

that fine old winerun truck. Maybe its gas tank got stolen back

in '23 and nobody thought to bother in updating its CA tags. It's a

white, sahib.

[Guest guest]

That sounds like a lot of fun but did you know that it is illegal to

excavate any land within 150 feet of a creek or river in Napa

County, especially without a permit. You should have also gotten a

permit for the retaining wall. Most fish in this area are rather

smart but it was probably the presence of Lakshmi that kept them

off the hook.

 

, "rudran2" <stechiekov>

wrote:

> Back on Friday November 11 I dug out a flat spot half way down the

> Napa river bank. I kept the loose soil in place by using my razor

> type scotter as a retainer. Then I sat for a Laksmi Puja, and

things

> seem to have gone rather well, or at least to my liking. The

anglers

> 10 yards to the south of me fished all day and only caught tiny

> stripers which the had to release back into the river. They got

> plenty of nibbles where the fish gingerly eat away their bait

without

> any significant hook ups. On completing my puja I climbed up to

the

> top of the river bank to sit with the fishermen. I told them that

the

> fish must have spent so much time down a Stanford or even Harvard.

I

> told them that the fish around here are getting too well educated

to

> take the hook. All the strippers eat well and swam free that day

and

> also on Saturday November 12. I may have nerver gotten through the

DM

> gates on my trip north, but the Napa Library and river bank

provided

> me plenty of fun. I scavenged some cans at the crossroads and in

that

> process I found the out of season berry patch, the wine presses

and

> that fine old winerun truck. Maybe its gas tank got stolen back

> in '23 and nobody thought to bother in updating its CA tags. It's

a

> white, sahib.

[Guest guest]

Thanks I've learned something. After the puja I just lifted up my

little push scotter. By that time all the soil held in place. This

asan spot is no more than 1 square yard, in fact it is just enough to

sit in swastic. My sitting place was just modified slightly and will

probably go unoticed, especially now that the push scotter retainer

is removed. Well maybe next time I could just sit up on the top of

the river bank. I enjoyed the privacy half way down the bank. It is

so gracious of Laksmi as a consort of Visnu to keep her own out of

harms way. My only escavation tool was a small piece of driftwood.

The little invocation to Saraswati in the puja must also have tuned

the fish into outfoxing the fishermen.

 

In the minds of some, all us ruskis are a bunch of hoods. More often

than not the powers that be get disguested with us on minor

infractions. They try to implicate us, but they really want to get us

on something big. They generally overlook this little stuff in hopes

of giving us more rope on which they hope to hang us later on. My

whole life seems to be filling with metaphorical import. One such as

me will surely perish from the face of the earth without puja. Again

and again Puja keeps me as well as the fish alive.

 

, "Sarada" <sarada_saraswati>

wrote:

> That sounds like a lot of fun but did you know that it is illegal

to

> excavate any land within 150 feet of a creek or river in Napa

> County, especially without a permit. You should have also gotten a

> permit for the retaining wall. Most fish in this area are rather

> smart but it was probably the presence of Lakshmi that kept them

> off the hook.

>

> , "rudran2" <stechiekov>

> wrote:

> > Back on Friday November 11 I dug out a flat spot half way down

the

> > Napa river bank. I kept the loose soil in place by using my razor

> > type scotter as a retainer. Then I sat for a Laksmi Puja, and

> things

> > seem to have gone rather well, or at least to my liking. The

> anglers

> > 10 yards to the south of me fished all day and only caught tiny

> > stripers which the had to release back into the river. They got

> > plenty of nibbles where the fish gingerly eat away their bait

> without

> > any significant hook ups. On completing my puja I climbed up to

> the

> > top of the river bank to sit with the fishermen. I told them that

> the

> > fish must have spent so much time down a Stanford or even

Harvard.

> I

> > told them that the fish around here are getting too well educated

> to

> > take the hook. All the strippers eat well and swam free that day

> and

> > also on Saturday November 12. I may have nerver gotten through

the

> DM

> > gates on my trip north, but the Napa Library and river bank

> provided

> > me plenty of fun. I scavenged some cans at the crossroads and in

> that

> > process I found the out of season berry patch, the wine presses

> and

> > that fine old winerun truck. Maybe its gas tank got stolen back

> > in '23 and nobody thought to bother in updating its CA tags. It's

> a

> > white, sahib.