We must illuminate this culture of domination, grieve our shared karma, and introduce the sacredness of spirit and all life back into our nation.
Why We Go for the Gun – Lion’s Roar. A mindful Buddhist perspective.
Statuses
“Yes, that’s it: spiritual connectedness is unlikely to happen in hyperdrive.” — Julian Summerhayes on Slowing Down
Nicholas Bate on being discovered. A straightforward plan.
Life on an Island: Silence, Beauty and a Long Wait for the Ferry — New York Times. Silence and resiliance on the remotest island in Maine. (h/t to Kurt Harden)
When life gives you snowstorms, build snowforts.
We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood — it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the pathetic words, “Too late.
— Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Don’t fight against the problem. Fight for a solution.
History and Hoodoos. Five national parks in five days. Our fourth grader gets us in for free. Utah in April, we’re coming for you.
Minnesota. Yes, there’s cold and snow but there’s plenty of beauty too.
I’ve updated the site notes to answer such questions as why some posts don’t have titles, the history of the motivation to do so, and how to link to those.