March 4, 2021

                                

Vaccine 2
Haiku

Second dose today
Tonight all are well.
Vaccine for all
Encouragement
Same precautions
Lighter step

Gratitude to the Moderna science minds
Infection prevention
All together
The safe way forward.

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Special bows for today: 

• Please continue to offer bows in honor of:
• Hank Wesselman, brother of Chris Wesselman, who died on 2/15/21
• Roshi Mel Weitsman who died on 1/7/21
• Tim Doherty, Chris Doherty's brother, who died on 1/8/21
• Please continue to offer bows of well-being for: 
• Misha's cousin, Kenny, who has been diagnosed with ALS
• Shannon's husband, Gil, who is slowly recovering
• Flip Dibner, dharma brother and friend, who is more than halfway through  chemotherapy treatments while at home 
• David Shaw, who is continuing the process of PT after a stroke

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Wonderful links shared by sangha members and friends:

• From Beth Goldring: Interview with Jane Goodall   https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-bottom-line/2021/1/28/jane-goodall-covid-19-environment-poverty

• From Kathleen Dickey: Alan Senauke becoming the new Abbott of Berkeley Zen Center:  https://blogs.sfzc.org/blog/2021/02/10/a-new-abbot-for-old-plum-mountain-zencenter/fbclid=IwAR3eFpaURN8Nn_nUIZVK0bvu5K0RZq7XvYGF_OhHjBKYWwvaCi0GLEjMc4g

• Alisa Tu: interviewed on CBS about vaccinations:   https://www.cbsnews.com/video/only-4-of-all-covid-vaccine-doses-administered-in-us-went-to-long-term-care-facility-residents/#x

• From Diane Comey: Bird songs:    https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazine/bird_songs_interactive/index.html

• Zen Heart Sangha website: resources about COVID-19: www.zenheartsangha.org

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• To leave a comment on this blog:  Here is a quick video on how to--it's from 2017, but should work:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4RflO5Wgg