Evening, 8/27/07

Sitting for meditation after taking a hot epsom salts bath, feeling clean and relaxed. The cat follows me to the cushions. He sits on his cushion. I sit on the couch. He gets up and sits next to me, his head resting on my thigh, purring. I smile; this is bliss. After while the cat gets up and lies on the back of the couch, sleeps. A loud crash from outside, like something metal or plastic falling. Sounds like it might be in the neighbor's yard. Slightly fearful about what might be going on outside. No more such sounds, just trains moving through the valley, my heart beating, refrigerator running, some pops and snaps of the house settling. For some time I lose awareness of my breath, enter an interior landscape, lots of cows. Tickle in my throat, a few coughs, yawns. Straightening my posture. The timer goes off.