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  • Changeable Conditions

    Over the weekend, I had dokusan scheduled with Fu at Green Gulch. I jumped at the chance…

  • What Comes Alive?

    After the rains, it has been clear and milder on the whole. I drove up to…

  • Atmospheric River

    I am not much of a one for harbouring end-of-times thoughts, unless I stop too long…

  • Bands of Rain

    On Friday I was teaching on the Peninsula in the morning, before heading up to Wilbur.…

  • Radiant Light in the Ten Directions

    Wilbur was entirely autumnal last weekend. Rain having passed through, there was a serene clarity to…

  • Blanche Hartman

    This is a repost, but when I was looking for words I had written about Blanche…

  • A Rainbow over the Golden Gate

    Rain arrived as forecast on Wednesday, and it felt like a deliverance. The air was markedly…

  • Better

    The past week has been, as most people round these parts say, intense. For sure, nobody…

  • Everything Is Burning

    As anyone who lives locally knows, the Bay Area is sitting under a cloud of smoke…

  • Tetsugen Bernie Glassman

    I was sad to read that Tetsugen Bernie Glassman had died. His role in the expansion…