full moon California Gothic https://www.instagram.com/p/B0AWUXPJHRu/?igshid=v2twwsgucnvz

So I took the kids to a family retreat at a Zen monastery. The monks and nuns organized the children by age group, and the kids were quickly all in: The 12 year old was shooing me away right after orientation and by the second day the 18 year old was asking when she could […]

The hills going up the Grapevine last week were PURPLE. This photo, taken by my son with my phone, hints at the color but doesn’t do it justice. Coming back down yesterday, all this color was already gone. Enjoy the colors while they last! (at Tejon Mountains) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzl0Q-BJDa-

reflected light :: turning the corner a new city in the old one #sanfrancisco #morning #light #nofilter #haiku #micropoetry #micropoem https://www.instagram.com/p/BzLTpz3p72I/?igshid=1kh6gsh2cg2ef

the first plums just enough sweetness for now

Someone asked the eminent Vietnamese Zen master Tue Trung: “What is the purified Dharmakaya?” He replied: “Buffalo dung and cow urine.” (from Thich Nhat Hanh’s “Mindfulness Survival Kit”) A Buddha appeared by the side of the freeway in Redwood City in the past year or so. I’ve long wondered about it

ruddy sunset through the BART train’s window :: no one to show it to

I am somebody :: but the moon knows that’s not the whole story #haiku #micropoetry #haiga #mural #streetart https://www.instagram.com/p/By1d-zVpJTM/?igshid=yt5z5pg8t8am

I made another #videohaiku. This one starring a magnificent red tailed hawk that perched right outside our office window this morning #haiku #micropoetry #videopoem https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjsQTBHAsl/?igshid=lwb117coneuk (Source: https://www.instagram.com/)

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 […]