This woman hasn't ( Read more... )

Sooooo...after visiting my mom at the hospital last nite, I drove back to the city and spent a few hours with John and Paul at John's new house. Started with rum on the rocks until the food delivery arrived. I was surprised to learn that the delivery was chicken. After all, they are much 'better' buddhists than me. I, in contrast, have so few ( Read more... )

I see you putter around the top of your parent's home with your two pretty cats and your huge dog for company. Don't you see that when I see you I see beautiful ( Read more... )

For anyone interested. My entire life has changed ( Read more... )

Distant the horn sounds,
Warning mariners--wings flap,
Overhead whiteness.

Backpacking forces a person to take only the essentials.  I love knowing that with just the 35 to 40 lbs on my back I can live comfortably for 2 or 3 days.  Just add 1.5 to 2 lbs. for every day more you want to hike.  Weight is everything ( Read more... )

A nor'easter has been churning up the coast since Sunday bringing with it huge waves.  The waves were steady yesterday afternoon at Scarborough beach, breaking split-ways between the two life guard towers.  Imagine smiling lips--the corners turning up.  At each end of the swell the wave breaks rolling into the center, not along the outside of the ( Read more... )

Head cold:
Snot dripping off my lip,
Cold puddle on my mudra.

Flowers fall, giving rise to longing
And weeds flourish, arousing our loathing.

Dogen

The last two monday nights I practiced zazen with a group on St. John's street in Portland. Little did I know, this was the same group I practiced with 10 years ago up by Mercy Hospital. Back then, one of the nazi nuns said I didn't walk correctly and after her comment I never sat with them again ( Read more... )