The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.  Joined by Hana, Santoshima, Zen and Ewan. 

Hana Furlough: Hi Riddle!
Riddle Sideways: Hi Hana
Riddle Sideways: long time no sit together
Hana Furlough: indeed!
Riddle Sideways: what has been happening with you?
Hana Furlough: have you been well?
Hana Furlough: not much, just busy as usual
                 --BELL-- 
Riddle Sideways: medium well, yourself?
Hana Furlough: good, good

Riddle Sideways: over the years, these little 9+ second pauses have shown to provide an energy recharge
Riddle Sideways: to a point
Riddle Sideways: that might have been passed
Riddle Sideways: need for actual sleep is still there
Hana Furlough: yeah it can be a nice way to press reset

Riddle Sideways: This weeks special topic, (if we need it), is about Listening.
Riddle Sideways: as described it was supposed to be about deep listening to others
Hana Furlough: ahh nice!
Hana Furlough: a very difficult gesture indeed
Riddle Sideways: but find the light listening (to these birds, etc.) is happening too
Hana Furlough: yes!
Hana Furlough: definitely where it's at
Hana Furlough: thanks : )
Riddle Sideways: very nice to Listen to the quiet
Hana Furlough: yes
Hana Furlough: there's something special about it
Hana Furlough: do you get to enjoy quiet much?
Riddle Sideways: this RL office has a constant hum about the machine-ness
Riddle Sideways: the outside the window sounds can't go over it
Hana Furlough: oh yeah, the sound of machines
Riddle Sideways: unless loud and other
Riddle Sideways: little birds can't be heard
Hana Furlough: that is a bummer
Hana Furlough: i live on a very busy street
Hana Furlough: yet every so often i hear a bird call
Riddle Sideways: big wild turkeys and crows and Jays can be heard
Hana Furlough: it makes it really special
Hana Furlough: wild turkeys? wow!
Riddle Sideways: herds of them
Hana Furlough: amazing!
Hana Furlough: can you see them too?
                 --BELL-- 
Riddle Sideways: have to stand up. which is a good stretch anyway
Hana Furlough: : )
Riddle Sideways: the front yead/hilside has a waterfall-pool feature built a few years ago
Riddle Sideways: they come up to drink
Riddle Sideways: and trash the plants
Hana Furlough: oh nice
Hana Furlough: that must be a great place to see them
Riddle Sideways: looking at wild turkeys makes it easy to believe in dinosaurs
Hana Furlough: haha i bet!

Riddle Sideways: listening and hearing are funny words
Riddle Sideways: they some times mean the same
Riddle Sideways: and sometimes are different
Hana Furlough: yes, for sure
Riddle Sideways: hearing a sound vs. hearing what you mean
Hana Furlough: ahh yes
Hana Furlough: there is that
Hana Furlough: as opposed to the intentionality of "listening"
Riddle Sideways: listening to the music
Riddle Sideways: focusing on listening to "Hi San..."
Hana Furlough: yes
Santoshima Resident: greetings
Riddle Sideways: greetings, my friend
Santoshima Resident: or
Santoshima Resident: "greetings"
Hana Furlough: Hi San!
Santoshima Resident: hi hana and riddle
Santoshima Resident: listening to talk about listening?
Hana Furlough: haha yep!
Riddle Sideways: listening, implies not talking
Riddle Sideways: but, we need to start somewhere
Riddle Sideways: all 3 listening isn't working to good
Riddle Sideways: :)
Santoshima Resident: we can take turns
Hana Furlough: : )
Santoshima Resident: that sometimes works
Hana Furlough: yes !
Riddle Sideways takes first turn listening to Zen
Riddle Sideways: hehehe
Zen Arado: Hi Riddle, Hana, San
Hana Furlough: Hi Zen!
Zen Arado: listens
Santoshima Resident: hey Zen!
Riddle Sideways: ah, what we were doing
Zen Arado: can't listen unlesss someone speaks though
Riddle Sideways: listening to what is not said
Zen Arado: or can we?
Zen Arado: yeh
Zen Arado: fear of silence
Hana Furlough: for sure
Santoshima Resident: plenty to be hear even without talking
Zen Arado: yes
Zen Arado: tinnitus
                 --BELL-- 
Zen Arado: :)
Santoshima Resident: exactly
Riddle Sideways: thank you, never knew that word
Zen Arado: good meditation focus
Zen Arado: wonder if we all have it a bit?
Zen Arado: never notice usually
Santoshima Resident: ca be associated with tension at the base of the skull and neck
Santoshima Resident: c + can
Zen Arado: oh?
Santoshima Resident: ca = can
Riddle Sideways: :)
Zen Arado: Hi Ewan
Santoshima Resident: yike, can't type today }
Riddle Sideways: Hi Ewan
Santoshima Resident: hi Ewen
Hana Furlough: Hi Ewan!
Ewan Bonham: Hi Folks!
Riddle Sideways: Tinnitus, would not just be hearing things people didn't say :)
Zen Arado: no
Santoshima Resident: no, riddle, that's called something else
Zen Arado: you can examine it though
Santoshima Resident: sure
Zen Arado: is it one sond or more?
Zen Arado: is it continuous?
Zen Arado: which ear?
Zen Arado: louder in one?
Zen Arado: or is it in the head, not the ear?
Riddle Sideways: was thinking of those Tinnitus moments sometimes sounds like the radio channel has drifted
Zen Arado: yeh
Santoshima Resident: or all the wifi routers blasting nearby
Riddle Sideways: the Reality show is a little off
Zen Arado: need retuned
Zen Arado: :)
Riddle Sideways: yep
Zen Arado: auto tune?
Santoshima Resident: what lingers in memory are sounds
Riddle Sideways: nope, tuning in takes effort
Zen Arado: amazing isn't it
Zen Arado: what is it we are remembering
Riddle Sideways: echoes?
Zen Arado: ?

Santoshima Resident: words not easily said in reply also linger
Ewan Bonham: And this can be beyond the dimension of sound?
Zen Arado: yes..the physicla dimension of the pressure waves is gone
Riddle Sideways: oh, those words not said sounds, hmmmmm
Zen Arado: so whatever happened in your brain is all that;s lweft
Zen Arado: left
Santoshima Resident: the residue of sound
Zen Arado: yeh
Zen Arado: whatever way it is stored
Ewan Bonham: Is it also the interpretation we have placed upon the sound?
Zen Arado: not an MP3 file I think :)
Zen Arado: hmmm yeh
Zen Arado: associations too
Zen Arado: ?

Riddle Sideways: now have the beach boys stuck in head singing "I'm pickin' up good vibrations ..."
Santoshima Resident: oh no! now so do i
Ewan Bonham: Nod..
Zen Arado: now me too...
Zen Arado: :)
Riddle Sideways: :)
Santoshima Resident: have to go, thanks for the chat ~ peaceful day everyone
Zen Arado: byee San
Hana Furlough: i must run too
Zen Arado: byee Hana
Riddle Sideways: bye and thanks
Hana Furlough: good day, all!
Riddle Sideways: gtsy
Ewan Bonham: Bye San
Ewan Bonham: Bye hana
Riddle Sideways: hearing vibrations that did not come from outside
Zen Arado: incredible how we reproduce music in our heads
Riddle Sideways: that is really good food for thought
Zen Arado: feel myself subvocalizing though
Zen Arado: ever notice that?
Zen Arado: as if you were singing but not producing any sound
Riddle Sideways: not sure what that means
Riddle Sideways: please explain
Zen Arado: listen to your beachboys sing and then notice your larynx
Zen Arado: I feel a slight movement there
                 --BELL-- 
Ewan Bonham: Yes, as if I am singing...but not..
Zen Arado: what a rich world of sound we inhabit
Zen Arado: great mindfulness practice
Riddle Sideways: yes
Zen Arado: appreciating them
Zen Arado: will notice frying sound of burgers now when I cook them
Zen Arado: :)
Zen Arado: better go
Riddle Sideways: yes, need to go
Zen Arado: byee
Riddle Sideways: by by
Riddle Sideways: and thank you