personal

  • Jia Tolentino

    ‘I think that for me, the thing connecting all of those is some sort of submission…

  • Heating Up

    Well, we had a mini-heatwave this week. On Sunday, when the forecast was good, I left…

  • Zadie Smith

    ‘It’s about capture. All mediums in the past have had partial capture. What blows my mind…

  • Back In Hot Water

    Last weekend saw my first visit to Wilbur this year; they had decided not to have…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘No practice just for yourself. To take care of the zendo is practice. To take care…

  • Doing Nothing

    It often seems to happen that I pen a personal post and then leave out one…

  • Labor Day Weekend

    Where I used to track the lowering arc of the sun in the sky by where…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘When you listen to a lecture, you should not have any idea of yourself. You shouldn’t…

  • Visiting The Valley

    There are many reasons to go to Tassajara, but looking for sunsets usually isn’t one of…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘People may think Zen is a wonderful teaching, you know. “If you study Zen, you will…