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Archive for February, 2009
Welcome Peepers!
Posted in Pictures, tagged chickens, Chicks on February 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Zen Challenge
Posted in Commentary, tagged enlightenment, happiness, tired, work, Zen on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are not happy here and now, you never will be.
— Taisen Deshimaru
Now, let me first say that I am truly happy. Over the last couple of years, and for the first time in this entire incarnation, I have stopped longing to be somewhere or someone else. I love my life and who I have [...]
Dirt-Worshipping Tree-Hugger
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bhagavad Gita, Bible, earth-based religions, Koran, ministers, Nature, pagan, priests, rabbis, religion, sutras, Torah on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Every day, priests minutely examine the Dharma
And endlessly change complicated sutras.
Before doing that, though, they should learn how to read the love letters
sent by the wind and the rain, the snow and the moon.
— Ikkyu
You may freely replace priests with ministers, rabbis, imams, gurus, or televangelists.
You may freely replace Dharma with Bible, Torah, [...]
Meditation on a Rose
Posted in Poetry, tagged meditation, Nature, Poetry, rose, unity on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I watch you.
So long that I forget about time.
So intently that I forget about space.
I watch you until I forget what you are called.
Eventually, I am no longer watching you.
A watcher is separate, and I have become
the suede of your petals,
the sinew of your stalk,
the sting of your thorn,
the essence of your fragrance,
the photosynthesis of your leaves.
For a [...]
I Just Can’t Tell Anymore
Posted in Commentary, tagged college, ignorance, Students, teaching on February 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Should it concern me that out of a class of 13 college students not a single one knew the definition of the word “theology?”
Never Wave a Brick Wall in Front of an Aries
Posted in Commentary, tagged building project, dog house, exhaustion, Zen on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The best way out is always through.
— Robert Frost
My regular readers should know by now that I am presently running in continual exhaustion mode. After three straight weekends of chicken pen building, it would seem that a regular, non-working weekend would have been on the docket. But then the “doghouse” blew down.
It happened on [...]
Now Tell Me . . .
Posted in Commentary, tagged cute, dog, funny, Havanese, loveable, puppy on February 13, 2009 | 2 Comments »
. . . this is not the cutest dog you’ve ever seen.
. . . or the most lovable dog you’ve ever seen.
. . . or the happiest dog you’ve ever seen.
Drumroll, Please
Posted in Commentary, tagged chicken coop, Chicken pen, do-it-yourself on February 9, 2009 | 7 Comments »
And now, the moment you’ve all been waiting for . . .
This is our chicken pen. Blanche says it looks like a zoo exhibit. Maybe we’ll get something rare and exotic next!
Here is the door I made. Yes, I’m quite proud. It fits like a charm and works beautifully. The key to this, as in [...]
Attention All Personnel:
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bail out, President Obama, salary cap on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I would like to announce to the world that if the government will bail me out, I will gladly accept a salary cap of $500,000 a year.
I would also like to announce to all the Republican talking heads who are just determined to find something wrong with the Obama administration that defending how “necessary” it is [...]
The Paper Washed in the Blood of My Handy Red Pen
Posted in Commentary, tagged Barack Obama, Christians, Israel, Mideast, Muslims, Palestine, peace, W.H. Auden on February 26, 2009 | 5 Comments »
We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
— W.H. Auden
I graded a paper tonight written by a self-proclaimed Christian student whose essay declared her fear about Barack Obama’s presidency. Apparently, the main reason he frightens her is because he wants to bring [...]
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