Watch out for that first step At the Zen group, after sitting for half an hour, we took turns reading from Charlotte Joko Beck’s Everyday Zen. The key question in the selection we read, on what the practice is: What can you rely on? Joko Beck’s answer: You can rely on life to continue being […]

this way to nirvana https://www.instagram.com/p/ByGcfeUJq93/?igshid=9z95t0rpksx5

The dogs have fleas. The cat keeps pooping on the kitchen floor. The house is of course a mess, and my daughter is graduating from high school tomorrow — assuming she got rid of that F in English.  Meanwhile, my wife is recovering from her 2nd eye surgery in a month, after two months of […]

my first attempt at a video haiku #videohaiku #micropoetry #haiku #micropoem https://www.instagram.com/p/ByA3mTqn5v6/?igshid=13esdwannjpdo (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

The world constantly reminds us that nothing is permanent. Nothing escapes destruction. wisteria in bloom :: what the old stones don’t tell

tchalisew: southernbitchface: m–ood: A very curious octopus. Watch this and be blessed “Why he smoosh my head??? Wait smoosh my head again.” (Source: http://tchalisew.tumblr.com/)

Note: This article first appeared in Popula on March 28, 2019. Approaching 50, I went a little bonkers. I grew a beard, started waking up early in the morning to meditate, got into long email and phone conversations with a couple of spiritually-inclined friends, and started going to weekly meetings

waning gibbous ladybug https://www.instagram.com/dylan20/p/BvIJrArHixC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=9z7cufu7v1xp

littlealienproducts: chestnutmane: It’s hard to explain, or people don’t want to understand(?) Illustration by Isadora Zeferino Not too hard to understand!

daylight saving time :: the topmost plum blossoms all lit up by the dawn #haiku #micropoem #micropoetry #dst #nofilter https://www.instagram.com/dylan20/p/Bu2k9-pHjRm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ly456zwroqsr

breakfast the bowl holds five yolks from three eggs :: suddenly thinking about the lives of the chickens

backyard afternoon :: a boy’s dreams take flight (Photo: San Mateo, March 2015)