Category: Me

Post #2017: Taking refuge in sangha

My meditation tracker tells me that today marks fifty days in a row that I have sat in meditation – and I can attest that there was no cheating either: I sat in meditation for twenty to sixty minutes first thing in the morning on… Continue Reading “Post #2017: Taking refuge in sangha”

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Post #2016: Twenty-five years between one grad and another.

My step-daughter M. graduated from high school yesterday, which coincidentally was also the day that I was supposed to graduate from my Master’s program (scheduling conflicts mean that I will convocate in the fall instead). I surprised myself by feeling both overwhelming proud of… Continue Reading “Post #2016: Twenty-five years between one grad and another.”

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Post #2012: All up in your stars….

I’m back from Ottawa after a week of work there, and have a touch of the obligatory airplane cold to prove it…. but at least it’s Friday and despite my little sniffles, I will end this day in my backyard with a beer in… Continue Reading “Post #2012: All up in your stars….”

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Post #2008: What I did on the long weekend…..

I guess I just dropped out there for the last ten days or so didn’t I? It’s not like I didn’t know I was going to disappear for a few minutes, because I had big plans that came to fruition over the last ten… Continue Reading “Post #2008: What I did on the long weekend…..”

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Post #2003: Alive we are, alive.

In a world with so much heartbreak, so much disconnect and suffering and rage, it is we can do to just be alive – to be present, to connect, and to attend each moment as though it were our only one.

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