Searching for Secular Meditation
It’s been a number of years since I was last interested in meditation. I first encountered it as a student, when wandering through the stacks of the university library, looking for something for a...
View ArticleSummer of Bounty
There’s nothing like a bypass operation to put some perspective into your life. You taste mortality and realize the fragility of being alive. With it comes an appreciation of life and all living...
View ArticleA Fallen Photographer Confronts Simplicity
Simplicity. An alluring concept — easy to grasp, easy to understand, yet as difficult to achieve as your ideal waist size, an undeviating heart-friendly diet, or world peace. If Thoreau thought...
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After several years of indulging in personal blog writing, I’ve decided to call it quits. It’s been fun to come up with topics and I’ve greatly enjoyed your many comments. I’m moving on to more...
View ArticleTaking Stock: Facing 2012
I hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year season! Traditionally New Years Day is a time for resolutions that will largely be unkept in the months that follow, so I’ll refrain from making any....
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