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thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a strange holiday. Aside from two holidays in the calendar year, I never really have a hankering for turkey and mashed potatoes. (Pie,…
Continue reading...dual curse, part 2
This is what I was talking about, the dual curse. Curse one: I want. Curse two: I get what I want. Of course, Oscar Wilde…
Continue reading...And now for something completely different.
A Quote by Kahlil Gibran
"We are all prisoners but some of us are in cells with windows and some without." ― Kahlil Gibran In the Before Covid times I…
Continue reading...Another Quote
Once again, Kraken coming in hot with another great quote in their daily newsletter: "The Daily Hash": I totally get that. People put a lot…
Continue reading...Kubernetes
What, you may be asking yourself, is/are "kubernetes" aka "k8s"? Here are things it sounds like, but it isn't: No, Kuberenetes, which allegedly means "helmsman"…
Continue reading...Quote.
I subscribe to a daily newsletter. It's usually pretty obscure tech stuff about blockchain, etc. But they have quotes. I like their quote person, they…
Continue reading...You.
Gentle reader: Rarely, you might have doubts about whether or not You matter. Sometimes, you think all of this trouble is because of you, and…
Continue reading...Weekends were made for ... ?
Here it is, the survey, what to do with the offspring? Best case scenario: I would like to have everyone agree on something so we…
Continue reading...We are going to be ok. (I think)
It was pretty dicey there for a little bit. The pandemic is still raging in some parts of the world, but it looks like it…
Continue reading...once upon a time, this blog was interesting
I was looking through the years and years of stuff I've writing under the aegis of "blogging". Things have become mundane. For example, no more…
Continue reading...what's poppin', karl popper?
I, like many others I'm sure, have lately been dabbling in cryptocurrency. Just some basic minor league stuff, the amount that you wind find in…
Continue reading...lookee here
golly.. someobdy’s website is lookin’ fancy! *What with the new design? Look there is an image, there is an attempt at type-setting. * I realized…
Continue reading...7200
Every week, I am lucky enough to get to spend at 7200 seconds in pure happiness. These moments are aways the highlight of my week.
Continue reading...untitled
. sitting in cool grass orange moon slowly rises nothing is missing Posted on Oct 12
Continue reading...loose rope walking
This is an oldie, but a goodie. I strung this up in my former backyard, and walked on it. Sorta. 😁
Continue reading...love your frienemy
what we normally don't think about when we think about love Normally my shower thoughts are not that interesting. I am either planning a scenario…
Continue reading...monkey and the moon reflection
1000 words Monkey and the Moon Reflection by Ogata Gekko Ca 1900 - 1910 Borrowed with love from ukiyo-e.org
Continue reading...my superpower
"maybe i'm wrong?" If I had to pick the superpower that I am currently closest to possessing, it would be this: The ability to say…
Continue reading...productivity zero
so much is happening My productivity is shot. I am trying to meditate a more and to be present, but the fact is -- I really want…
Continue reading...nature
nothing / everything I went for a walk today and stopped on a small wooden bridge over a creek. Ever since the flood I have…
Continue reading...social media
stepping back in, gingerly After having taken a long break from social media, it is really interesting to dip my toe back into the water.
Continue reading...slackline
40 feet and counting This is a 40 foot slackline. My record right now is 83 feet. IMG_0220T from Billy Koplitz on Vimeo. Posted on…
Continue reading...deluge
build things; watch them crumble The house I was living in flooded on Monday, July 8. It was a really incredible storm. It felt like…
Continue reading...searching for a sangha
swm iso group of people sitting around real still [This is going to be brief, because I have a bunch of stuff I'm putting off…
Continue reading...the juicy bits
meditation you can sink your teeth into Why does it feel like meditation is so much more rewarding when you have a challenging moment in…
Continue reading...nothing is fixed
and everything i know is wrong I had the pleasure of attending an online seminar last weekend with Pema Chödrön. She is pretty incredible. You…
Continue reading...baby bunnies
life is beautiful I was looking out my window and saw a rabbit that had been hanging around my house. She was obviously a female…
Continue reading...habit
what am i doing? The power went out yesterday. It has happened a couple of times in the past few days. It's not a huge…
Continue reading...silver lining
finding nothing missing This is a challenging time. Even though it safe to say that while we are all going through things all the time. The past few weeks…
Continue reading...zazenkai
so great. I just came back from a 3 hour zazenkai with the group at the Zen Center. It was intense! I really liked it.
Continue reading...time
À la recherche du temps perdu Last night I was at a meeting, sitting there for 90 minutes and listening. I kept thinking about how…
Continue reading...don't look at the trees
look at the path between the trees Today was a bit rough. First of all, I got up super-early to go sit at the Zen…
Continue reading...paying attention.
attention means attention. I've been trying to pay attention, and I've noticed a few things: There is no point to what I am writing. This…
Continue reading...hello world.
here we go again. This is the beginning of a new blog. I don’t have a whole lot of stuff to write about, but when…
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