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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”
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.”
Post #2007: The after conversation (what I should have said).
Yesterday I was waiting for the bus on Nanaimo Street when a car pulled up alongside me and a woman got out. She approached (I was the only one there) and said, “Excuse me, we’re going around the neighbourhood asking a question of our… Continue Reading “Post #2007: The after conversation (what I should have said).”
Post #2006: We are all loving machines
Yesterday I had to go the hospital for my (now) annual thyroid ultrasound. Readers of this blog will know that there was a little thyroid cancer scare over here a few years ago which turned out to be not much more than benign growths,… Continue Reading “Post #2006: We are all loving machines”
Post #1970: The violence I have suffered.
I cannot count the number of quasi-violent encounters in my life (they are numerous but require too much explanation) and so the below list is not as long as it could be, but if I reflect on just the very overt cases of violence… Continue Reading “Post #1970: The violence I have suffered.”
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