... after November 30th, I won’t have insurance any more =..= and there’s no way I’m gonna be able to afford it on my own. I’ll just have to find a new job as soon as I can. …..the clear soup at Zen’s is just so freakin’ awesome. There isn’t much to it. Just beef/onion broth with green onion and mushrooms, but it’s just so warm and soothing. It’s just so nice. I could eat it any time. That’s all...

A shakuhachi tale – the northern wind blows across the twilight fields

Gathering... Time within... Dream of the Wuthering Heights...

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Title: As Once the Winged Energy of Delight (B7) Fandom: Blakes 7 Description: How does one court Roj Blake? Well, here's how Zen does it. Type: (Blake/Zen) Slash? Rating: PG-13 Author's Notes: So, this story wound up being different than I thought. But that's not necessarily a bad thing. However, I'll leave that determination to all of you. Also the title comes from a Rainer Maria Rilke poem. ...

When you're happy, I'm not When you're sad, I'm not A crane thinks of flying north and south A swallow thinks of its old nest Autumn moon and spring flower thoughts never end You only need to know yourself... and the mind, are not three different things." --Chiang Wei-nung (Both from The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom Text and Commentaries , Translated from Sanskrit and Chinese by Red Pine)

Behold the moon in the chilly waters of a sacred spring...

On Saturday morning, during one of the breaks at the zazenkai, I sat on the porch of the Zen center watching a pot of coffee that was sitting on the patio table.  Drops of condensation which had formed on the underside of the pot's lid kept collecting and then dripping back down into the coffee, breaking its smooth surface in to concentric waves that rippled from the epicenter of the drop's fall to...

Indian summer Walking the silvery path up to the crossroads... Stars and the sunshine... all that remains in my life – Shades of remembrance Watching the castles in the sky – Longing is over, Rainbow of silver appears After the midnight