Red Cedar
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Category: Meditate and reflect
Post #3322: Five weeks (and how I ended up in seminary)
I am five, very busy, weeks away from retirement. My last day of work is October 20th and my first day of grad school is tomorrow. In between now and the 20th I have an in-person school intensive, several board meetings, a visit with… Continue Reading “Post #3322: Five weeks (and how I ended up in seminary)”
Post #3310: Serious thinking
I had a meeting with someone in a somewhat job adjacent field last week. He was young, maybe only 28 or so, but knew what he was talking about, and took himself very seriously. Not in an imperious/obnoxious way, but in the way of… Continue Reading “Post #3310: Serious thinking”
Post #3235: Spoon by Emily
I’m doing something a bit different here today and sharing photographs and words by someone else – my friend Emily Smith who I have known for more than twenty years (and in more than one life and location, our lives have wound around each… Continue Reading “Post #3235: Spoon by Emily”
Post #3177: Handmade life
I find when talking to non-meditators that I really can’t explain the appeal of a zen meditation retreat. They can be tedious, painful (emotionally and physically), and often cold (or too hot – really there’s no perfect temperature when you are sitting on the… Continue Reading “Post #3177: Handmade life”
Post #3166: Not perfect
I’m heading out for a four-day meditation retreat tomorrow and I am not ready at all. By that I don’t mean packing my bags, that only takes me a few minutes, it’s just that I’m not really in a kneeling-and-staring-at-the-wall-for-hours frame of mind right… Continue Reading “Post #3166: Not perfect”
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