at last night's potluck hosted by j-brit, birdwoman and i had a lengthy conversation with someone whom i'll call dhammawoman (dhamma is the pali word for the sanskrit word dharma). dhammawoman practices meditation and sits on 8 to 10-day retreats at the Ontario Vipassana Centre near barrie. The Ontario Vipassana Centre (Dhamma Torana) is part of ( Read more... )

for this month's potluck we gathered at sue's. there being two julies (jb and jc) caused 3-year-old L (daughter of jc) much consternation and confusion at first, but she sorted it out, as well as everyone else's names. the conversation ranged from 7 generations past (civil war re-enactment) to 7 generations hence (and the "Life, Money & Illusion" ( Read more... )