PALUFFO'S BLOG: September 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Two other good places for relax

Fresh apples (organic of course)

Friday, September 21, 2012

vine harvest 2012 in Paluffo

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Least weasel (Mustela nivalis) seen around us

The Ancient Macedonians believed that to see a weasel was a good omen. In some districts of Macedon, women who suffered from headaches after having washed their heads in water drawn overnight would set the problem down to the fact that a weasel had previously used the water as a mirror, but they would refrain from mentioning the animal's name, for fear that it would destroy their clothes. Similarly, a popular superstition in southern Greece had it that the weasel had previously been a bride, who was transformed into a bitter animal which would destroy the wedding dresses of other brides out of jealousy.^[29] According to Pliny the Elder, the weasel is the only animal capable of killing the basilisk;

To this dreadful monster the effluvium of the weasel is fatal, a thing that has been tried with success, for kings have often desired to see its body when killed; so true is it that it has pleased Nature that there should be nothing without its antidote. The animal is thrown into the hole of the basilisk, which is easily known from the soil around it being infected. The weasel destroys the basilisk by its odour, but dies itself in this struggle of nature against its own self.^[30]

The Chippewa believed that the weasel could kill the dreaded wendigo giant by rushing up its anus.^[31] In Inuit mythology, the weasel is credited with both great wisdom and courage, and whenever a mythical Inuit hero wished to accomplish a valorous task, he would generally change himself into a weasel.^[32]According to Matthew Hopkins, a witch hunter general during the English Civil War, weasels were the familiars of witches.^[33]

From Wikipedia

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Our Air Force

Poiana or Buteo buteo or buzzard flying under us

New Year meditation retreat

Capodanno vipassanā 2012

Cinque giorni di meditazione nella pace e nella bellezza della campagna toscana

Ritiro di Meditazione Vipassanā

con Flavio Pelliconi

Durata: dalle 10.00 di venerdì 28 dicembre 2012 alle 13.00 del 2 gennaio 2013
Sede: il Paluffo, via Citerna 144 Fiano, Certaldo FI (http://www.paluffo.com/)
Alloggio: in camera doppia oppure doppia uso singola
Pasti: piatti e dolci della tradizione toscana

Quota-corso: 350 euro per tutto il corso. La quota non va intesa come pagamento degli insegnamenti, ma come condivisione delle spese per l'ospitalità al maestro e comprende vitto e alloggio con prima colazione e 2 pasti al giorno, in camera doppia, ovvero condivisa con altra persona. In doppia uso singola supplemento di 150 euro.

Iscrizioni: Inviare richiesta entro il 31 ottobre 2012 specificando nome, cognome e indirizzo a: info@paluffo.com oppure telefonare a Luca 3355395273.

Programma

6.00 sveglia
6.30 – 8.00 meditazione di gruppo guidata
8.30 colazione
10.00 – 12.00 meditazione di gruppo guidata
12.30 pranzo
14.30 – 16.30 meditazione camminata, seduta, camminata
17.30 cena leggera con tè e biscotti
19.00 – 20.00 Discorso Dharma e condivisione
20.30 – 21.30 meditazione di gruppo guidata
22.00 ritiro, riposo

Nella notte di San Silvestro vi sarà una speciale meditazione (se il tempo lo consente, all’aperto) in attesa del Capodanno. Seguirà brindisi analcolico e festeggiamenti.

Come arrivare: stazione FS Certaldo a pochi minuti dal Paluffo, in auto uscita Tavarnelle superstrada Fi-Si