Last weekend was the Gay Pride Parade in San Francisco. San Francisco Zen Center has a float in the parade every year, thanks to the efforts of some vigilant practitioners at City Center. A few of us from Green Gulch decided to participate, and we brought flowers and rainbow chard decorations from the farm. It was glorious. The parade was stunning - it was huge, with these large, motorized, loudspeakered, dance-music, hordes of people floats. It was so uplifting to see so many people gathered, in the parade and as spectators, to celebrate queer pride and diversity. Our float was decidedly different than many of the others around us. We were quiet (no loudspeakers), not-dancing, carrying parasols or rainbow chard, or sitting zazen on a flatbed truck. So what warmed my heart completely was the outpouring of support from the crowd. People cheered so loudly for us - it was so uplifting. I had this ear-to-ear grin the whole time.
I felt so cheered up by the whole thing, and by the city's embrace for the cause. The streets all over town (not just The Castro) were decked out in rainbow flags. It was a full, city-wide-feeling event. I am also really glad that Zen Center has a presence in the weekend's festivities. No one is excluded from Zen Center based on their sexual orientation.
The past couple of weeks have been great, and mad. So busy, with the markets going now, and harvesting 3 days a week plus all the other normal stuff. It feels good, but it does feel like more of a workout now than it did before the markets started.
The next couple of weeks are busy, too, and i might take some time off from posting as i have friends visiting and then going to Colorado for a vacation and wedding. Here's a photo of a farm dinner we threw together last week - it was glorious! Almost everything, from food grown on the farm.
Eat well, be well!
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