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I found a really cool alternative coffee shop, The Beta, that reminded me of something you\u2019d see in Berkeley or Fairfax. It was a nice place to hang out while it was raining. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After that, I checked out the raptor show at the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, got to see a red tailed hawk and a vulture!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After dinner, I headed up the ridge to take in the cool clouds and gorgeous views of the mountains around, saw a couple of antelope bounding around and then walked the labyrinth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of the labyrinth, I\u2019ve had some different thoughts about it over the last few weeks: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There will always be more weeds, no matter how much time I spend pulling them so I have to learn to ignore them as I walk the labyrinth. Parts of the path are worn, those are the parts that have been walked the most. The stone borders are all uneven, jagged, some are crumbling, but they are all different and beautiful and together they make a wonderful whole. If they were all the same and smooth and perfect the labyrinth wouldn\u2019t be beautiful, it would be sterile and cold. The beauty is in the difference in the wearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the labyrinth sometimes you turn and go forward and sometimes backward but it always leads to next part, there are sharp turns and long arcs, some things are pushed out of place, it is not always easy to see where the path is going, you can\u2019t look at it all all at once, as you walk the path opens up in front of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I walk the labyrinth I sometimes gain insight and ideas, or I just have quiet time. I have to focus so I don\u2019t stumble especially in the turns. Certain songs come up – the Friends theme song, Here Comes the Sun are the most common ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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