Tag Archives: religion

The end of the world as we know it

Posted on November 23, 2012 by

Having slept through Black Friday, the next big event on my calendar is the Mayan apocalypse, scheduled for December 21. I had no intention of blogging about this until I received the Winter 2012 issue of the University of Oregon … Continue reading →

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Everything Changes

Posted on June 22, 2012 by

Lewis Richmond, an ordained Zen priest and author of Aging as a Spiritual Practice, began his studies 40 years ago with the renowned teacher, Shunryu Suzuki Roshi.  Richmond relates that one day, after a talk, a student said, “Suzuki Roshi – … Continue reading →

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Chants in the Desert

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

Yesterday NPR interviewed two monks of the Benedictine Abbey of Christ in the Desert in Abiquiu, New Mexico, concerning the Gregorian Chants that are part of the fabric of their lives. The occasion was the release of a CD of … Continue reading →

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Shortwave Memories

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

When I was twelve, my mother, who claimed she had no luck in contests, won a transistor radio in a raffle and gave it to me. This was a fancy model. With AM, FM, and shortwave bands, a folding antenna, … Continue reading →

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“Be a Lamp Unto Yourself”

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

Happy New Year!!!!   I thought I would begin the 2012 blogging year with words that have long been an inspiration to me.  They come from advice the Buddha gave his disciple, Ananda: “Therefore, Ananda, be a lamp unto yourself, be … Continue reading →

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Bird by Bird and Other Writing by Anne Lamott

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

“Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he’d had three months to write, which was due the next day…he was at the kitchen … Continue reading →

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