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  • Three Ways of Telling the Time

    This post first appeared on my Patreon page, which is home to more musings, some zen…

  • Weddings, Family, and Friends

    When I pulled out the binder I use for my wedding scripts last week, I was…

  • David Michie

    ‘One of the most important meditation in Buddhism is contemplating the certainty of death. When we…

  • Easing Back In

    The notion I have heard that it takes a day for each hour of time zone…

  • Dogen

    ‘Now let us attend to the verse Nagarjuna uttered. It says “Body manifesting a round moon…

  • Upon Returning

    There was an illustration of how elastic time felt when I was away: on the last…

  • Traveling On

    After taking care of my mother (insofar as she accepted care) and walking the familiar paths…

  • Land and People

    Although it wasn’t why I planned my trip for this time, once the sangha in England…

  • Off On A Trip

    I noticed I was sighing a lot at the end of each thing that got done…

  • More Spring Winds

    Easter weekend seemed like it was the cue for the weather to warm up. The skies…