Monk Life - Day 2

Had a good first day of monk life, walking six miles in the early morning followed by a short meditation session in the mid-morning. I ordered incense sticks which should arrive next week, it will be easier to get into a timed meditation routine when sitting for the length of a burned stick.

After eating lunch and a nap I put in a second meditation session followed by a walk to the library and chess study session. I played Dmitry three games, the first one we started on move 9 from a Spanish closed variation (picking up from a Yates/Rubinstein game, 1922).

I was looking through my collection of old photos and artifacts and found a painting I made -

 Artifact, 2000