Incommunicado

Off for a week to the Shambhala Mountain Center, a Buddhist retreat cener in Red Feathers Lake Colorado. I will be a volunteer at what is known as "take down" in which they take down the facilities they've constructed for their summer programs. In exhange for your labor you get free housing (albiet modest), free food, and a good deal of mediation thrown in. Throw in the fact that there is not cell phone coverage or internet connection available and it's as close to heaven (or should I say Nirvana) as you can get. But this means you won't hear from me for a week.