Taking the day off.

Went to Chom Thong, a sizeable Market town, near the highest mountain in Thailand.

Rested up, thinking a lot about the setting of the Aurin Cluster Sector.

But also concerned about the actual world, the conflicting politics of Authoritarian leadership, the uncertain future of America.

Terra is one world, a lengthy history, millions of years of life, barely thousands of years of civilization.

But being here now, at the present moment, that is my Zen training.

I watched a cat, all muscle, stalk a family of chickens for a good 30 minutes. He did not catch any of them.