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  • Green Gulch

    Given how busy I was in June, I had been very much looking forward to going…

  • Plug Time!

    While I waver between enjoying my schedule as it is, and wanting to do more, I…

  • Running Low

    I felt that the Saturday talk at Zen Center went very fairly well considering how little…

  • House and Home

    The last time I moved house was three years ago, but it was a pretty straightforward…

  • Rebecca Solnit

    ‘The wisest people I know are aware that the stresses, atrocities, divisions and divergences from norms…

  • Gathering

    June is a busy month on my calendar; one of those times when it is good…

  • Holiday Weekend

    It’s probably a legacy from my years at Zen Center that I tend not to make…

  • Barely Summery

    The sun shines often at the moment, but rarely without the accompaniment of a chilly wind…

  • Ringing The Changes

    Last week was one of those not-quite-regular-enough weeks of gorgeous warm sunshine in San Francisco. I…

  • Suzuki Roshi

    ‘So it means those who cannot appreciate the– the food that is given to you cannot…