Going canoeing tomorrow- doing all stuff I want to do before i get too big and eventually have a newborn that will make canoeing impossible ( Read more... )

The nausea is back. Diarrhea had taken it's place last week, but the drank-too-much-tequila-on-top-of-cheap-beers stomach is back today. 

An excerpt from the book 'Confessions of a Buddhist Atheist" by Stephen Batchelor which succinctly captures the comfort I've always felt in being somewhere between an atheist/agnostic. Batchelor often refers to it in his dharma talks at the 'groundless ground'; it's an excellent memoir, by the way.
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'This Dhamma I have reached,' said Gotama in ( Read more... )

New necklaces.


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J installed gas lines for our new gas stove this weekend. I've been making lots of jewelry, which I will try to remember to post tomorrow.

Fat again, so back to the gym. Dance blast wore me out. My ass does not naturally move the way the instructor instructed it to move.

Note to self, this is a good resource- a website exploring the difficulties of dedicated meditation practice.

http://cheetahhouse.org/

Fluevog sale! New shoes on the way....

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Sunday night cooking ( Read more... )

An NPR piece today about a Syrian refugee camp outlines the ways residents are attempting to adjust. A girl scout troop and a girl's soccer team are highlighted, activities which might have been previously outlawed due to conservative religious forces ( Read more... )