“Please Continue”
Let me tell you a story. A student once asked Suzuki Roshi: “Can you reduce Buddhism to one phrase?” He replied: “Everything changes.” Some years ago I acquired a copy of Philip Whalen’s book...
Monthly Archive: August 2015
In Case of Loss
I bought a fancy notebook for my trip to Alaska. I needed someplace to lodge my sloppy handwriting. Not to mention my sloppy thoughts. Inside the front cover are some blank lines. Above the...
His Name Means “Riches”
Last night, in a dream, I journeyed to the Realm of Pluto, where “all the secrets of time and nature” were revealed. I took a lot of photos, but only this one came out.
The Scene of Reading
For all the times I’ve read Moby Dick, I remember next to nothing about what happens in the book. Not the plot. Not any of that great info about whales. Nor any of the...