“Oh, this has been one of my better Decembers …and that included chopping off part of my finger.” was my summation of the holiday season to a friend of mine last night. Kinda sums up what I think about Christmases in general. I boycotted the whole thing this year; vastly improved my quality of life. Continue reading
Day 58 – she lost her focus
So, my first attempt to do sitting meditation since I said it was such a good idea to get back to it on Day 56 didn’t go well. In part because the mosquitos attacking the only exposed skin of my face as I sat outside in the dusk wrapped in a blanket were detracting from my state of equanimity, but moreso that I sat with this song in my head Continue reading
Day 28 – thoughts on men
Somebody was telling me about one of Mark Hopkins’ We Should Know Each Other events in his livingroom. He got the conversation started with the question: what scares you? Good one! I’m all for getting people beyond the shallow small talk, and this question is a hum-dinger way to do that.
It also got me thinking, what scares me right now? Continue reading
Day 7 – passing for normal
This post has a theme song, so go ahead, click on the link and play it in the background while you read. I’ll wait…
Day 4 – what was I thinking!
Yep, four days in and it’s just sinking in, what I’ve gotten myself into. Trick is, when you’re feeling stuck on a fundamental level, and you commit to doing something to get unstuck on a fundamental level, you’re going to change things on…well… a fundamental level.
Oh crap. Continue reading

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