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Daikan
- Nov 29, 2023
- 1 min
Today's Meanness
The sun stained sky bleeds onto the water I hear myself yelling at my old dog Down on the cold ground, in the wind It’s the wrong name,...
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Daikan
- Nov 2, 2023
- 2 min
The Mystery of Me
I’m coming along the trail we walk everyday and I hear my brown and white dog, Magic, beside me about 50 yards away running side hill....
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Daikan
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
A Good Enough Goodbye
The darkness never felt so ominous in me as I drove away from my 18 year-old daughter 15 hours away from home. Now is change. Being now...
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Daikan
- Jan 25, 2021
- 2 min
I'm Melting
Right now, for me personally, is a time of looking back. I'm cleaning out five decades of accumulated memories, emotions and identities....
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Daikan
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
Raise the Sword, Swing the Sword
Yanking on two corners, in one motion, the star quilt unfurled in the sky and settled around my shoulders as the air breathed out of its...
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Daikan
- Dec 12, 2020
- 3 min
Chasing the Sunrise
The pellet stove's light glows in the corner shining through the windowed door. Its light rises up and falls down with the flames and...
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Daikan
- Dec 8, 2020
- 2 min
It's Clear
A nest of pillows has been evolving on my couch. Sitting zazen period after period. My breath falls to the floor like tears, still, I...
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Daikan
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
Bringing Light Wherever We Go
"You know him," says Karen, a candidate for the state house at a small sign-waving event along the road in Eaton the other day. He flies...
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Daikan
- Sep 23, 2020
- 2 min
Naturally Sacred
All-of-a-sudden there was a hush to the hum of my world and I sunk down into the floor. It sounded like someone closed the door to a loud...
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Daikan
- Sep 22, 2020
- 2 min
Practice is a Wet Nose
Standing in the chilly morning air looking through the young beech trees and fallen white pines, the sky is slate grey behind the...
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Daikan
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
I'm a Terrible Sitter
I'm feeling attached. Not everything is bothering me but a lot of things are. It's like somehow the things of the world are leaving a...
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Daikan
- Sep 2, 2020
- 3 min
Disattached Ears
"Mom, look! Look at me! Mom, Dad, look at me! Watch this!" The exclamation points skimmed across the surface of the lake hitting the...
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Daikan
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
Two Good Karma Dollars
The lanky grass was dry under the maple tree and the ground sloped downward perfectly toward the west and facing away from the humming...
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Daikan
- Aug 21, 2020
- 4 min
I have a Red Hat, Too
"I'm not afraid Linda and I wear a mask. Wanna try me!" shot out of me like an arrow made of angry words hitting the bullseye on the...
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Daikan
- Aug 20, 2020
- 3 min
Witnessing a Sunrise
Chartreuse was somehow so beautiful and comforting in that field of violet and orange. Its soul hung open on the wall among dozens of...
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Daikan
- Aug 19, 2020
- 2 min
Tea in the Zendo
Mushin rang the bell twice ending the first period of zazen in our beautiful Zoom zendo. I kept sitting as he bowed and left the room....
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Daikan
- Aug 18, 2020
- 2 min
Vanishing Streaks of Light
"Wow! Did you see that?" We both said with one voice as the star shot out of our eyes painting a brilliant glowing line across the galaxy...
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Daikan
- Aug 17, 2020
- 4 min
Standing in the Mud
I had a loose but unshakable grip on Vic's handlebars as we descended a washed-out old road to the lead mine. Some soccer ball sized...
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Daikan
- Aug 15, 2020
- 3 min
Becoming Buddha
It would have been amazing if Trump realized the truth in that moment. In the video below you can see clearly the question was not...
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Daikan
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
What Does Love Taste Like?
"Hey Jamie, you want a burger?" I almost always say no thank you. I'm discovering that is about my fear of intimacy with others and my...
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