If you would like to send me an item for my retreat cabin, you can mail it to Lama Pelma, P.O. Box 22, Bowie, Arizona 85605. Your kindness is greatly appreciated.
Lama Pelma's Specs:
HEIGHT: 5'-3"
WEIGHT: 109 lbs.
EYE COLOR: Brown
DRESS SIZE: 5/6
SHOE SIZE: 5-1/2
SWEATSUITS (needed for fall and winter): Medium
SWEATERS (for fall/winter): Medium
TURTLENECK SWEATERS (for fall/winter): Medium
CAMISOLES: Medium
SOCKS: Size small
(little cotton socks for summer, heavy socks for winter)
TIGHTS: Medium
(preferred colors: black, off-white, green, purple, orange, pink)
Items for Retreat Cabin #11
Meditation Room
- Altar – 5 levels – made from wood
- Round area rug – to cover at least 12 feet
- Meditation seat
For inside kitchen
- small gas stove
- dishes
- platters
- cutlery
- cutting board
- knives
- kitchen towels
- pot holders
- bowls
- jars with tight lids
- spices
- kitchen utensils
- garbage can with tight lids
Bathroom
- towels
- soap
- towel rack
- hamper
- bath mat
- shower curtain
- garbage can
- toilet bowl brush
- toilet bowl cleaner
Laundry Items
- laundry soap
- fabric softener
- bleach
- 2 large tubs for washing and soaking laundry
- clothing line (for inside use)
Bedroom
- twin size bed
- large chest of drawers (wood)
- battery-operated noiseless clock with alarm
- book case with glass door
- 2 sets of cotton sheets (twin size)
- 2 sets of flannel sheets (twin size)
- 3 blankets (twin size)
- 1 down comforter (twin size)
- candle holder
- hangers
- shoe rack
Porch
- one hammock
- table with four chairs
- lounge chair
Outside Kitchen
- counter (8 feet long, 3 feet wide)
- 3 metal cabinets with doors that lock
- dutch oven
- fire pit
- sink
- drainer for dishes
Study Room/Education Materials
- Easel for holding artwork
- art supplies: colored pencils, pencils, watercolors, brushes, oil paints, pastels, drawing paper, erasers, sharpeners
- pens - pilot precise v5
- wool - any color
- embroidery thread - any color
- table (approx. 6 feet long, 4 feet wide)
- area rug to cover 9 x 6 feet (approx)
- 4 chairs
- 2 flashlights
- 6 panels of summer curtains
- 6 panels of winter curtains
- plants
- 3 bookshelves with glass doors (having glass doors in very crucial for living in the desert, everything gets very dusty)
Comments
2 comments postedI was surprised at the large size of your retreat cabin but not nearly so surprised as I am by your wish list. Lama Pelma, perhaps you see no benefit in living without luxury but I invite you to consider it. It may have great meaning for you. It could be a great gift!
May all sentient beings one day have hammocks and art supplies and all manner of different stoves and ovens and counters and tables and rugs and 4 sets of sheets and toilet bowl cleaner and fresh socks and camisoles that do not frequently need washing with fabric softener leaving more time to use the art supplies. May all sentient beings have shelter abundant to their needs and the needs of their children. May all sentient beings have special rooms for this or that activity and racks just for their shoes... and shoes.
Whatever you do not get, you do not need.
with metta to you,
a friend on the path
I think that the key message in the previous comment is this one: "whatever you do not get, you do not need." If true, this is a self-solving problem. Lama Pelma will only get the things she needs for her three-year retreat, and these things will be freely given by people who trust her to use them wisely. What could be more perfect?