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You gotta do me a favor? Please keep me company. I am in the midst of a 9+ hour flight from Oahu to Newark, NJ. As some of you may know, I am not the world’s greatest reader. In other words, I have no books with me to read. I don’t feel like watching a movie on a...
MIDDLE PASSAGE ET AL.
‘We succumb to the belief that the way we have grown to see the world is the only way to see it, the right way to see it, and we seldom suspect the conditioned nature of our perception.” James Hollis Don’t ask me why, but I decided to talk about several major passages...
RIFF
“a rapid energetic often improvised verbal outpouring”Merriam Webster I chose this title this morning (Thurs, 3/7), because while sitting on the cushion, one more time, I really didn’t want to write a story for this week’s dose. I had nothing I felt compelled to...
A STRING OF PEARL MOMENTS
“How could you reach the pearl by looking at the sea? If you seek the pearl, be a diver.” Rumi After writing so many stories for so many years, the thought of ever repeating myself is a waste of energy. In addition, I am equally as certain, contradictions abound. God...
IF CHICKENS RULED THE WORLD
“I dream of a better tomorrow, when chickens can cross the road and not be questioned about their motives” Ralph Waldo Emerson I was sitting on my cushion this morning, thinking I don’t know what the hell else I can write about? I don’t know what I can say about...
SLOWING DOWN AND OTHER STUFF
“The refreshing moon of the Buddha Is traveling in the sky of utmost emptiness. If the pond of the mind of living beings is still, The moon will reflect itself beautifully in it.” From Thich Nhat Hahn I got up a couple of mornings ago at around 5AM, at...
THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA
“God keep thee! Push not off from that isle, though canst never return!” Herman Melville, Moby Dick I gotta tell you, I have never started a story feeling this good and at the same time, not having a fucken idea of how to do this. There is a story I want to tell you a...
COPING
“Life is hard, you know, and laughter is how we come to terms with all the ironies and cruelties and uncertainties that we face.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu I just got in from rucking German Hill. For the majority of you, who don’t know what the fuck it is, rucking...
LOVE AND TIME
“Love is a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle I have been wanting to write this story for a while now. Yeah, I’ve probably used that fucken line far too many times. If I had to pick favorite subjects, two, right at the top of the list, are love and time....
I WISH I WAS A POET
I’ve been thinking about this writing business. Like anyone would give a shit, I announced I wasn’t going to write my stories any more. Most people have hobbies, things they do when they have nothing else to do. At this very moment, I have nothing to do. I am talking...