Author: Moni

  • The Survivors Club: The Secrets and Science that Could Save Your Life by Ben Sherwood My rating: 2 of 5 stars I really liked the first few chapters. In fact, I couldn’t put it down. I spent all of yesterday reading this book. I have been drawn to stories of survival and have read a…

  • Photography Friday: Chinese Gardens

    We had a friend visit from Spokane over the weekend. Actually, at least for Raf, it was a combo work/play kind of weekend. Colonus Publishing is getting a new book out soon and they were working hard on some details. It was a really fun weekend. Our friend is a writer/small press owner and we…

  • I bought a Google Chromebook last week. When I mentioned it on Twitter there were a few people who were interested in what I thought about it so here is my review. First of all, out of the box it is very easy to use. All you have to do is open it up. It…

  • Dog Mountain

    My blog’s become a bit stale, I’m afraid. Sorry about that. I’m not in a bloggy, social networky mood lately. I guess I’ve been busy with other things. But I do miss my little corner of the web so I thought I would post something today. A couple of weekends ago Raf and I tackled Dog…

  • Discipline. I’ve been thinking about that word a lot this past week. We’ve been reading “Zen Mind Beginners Mind” at my meditation group and the first chapter was about posture, specifically the correct posture to use in zazen. This correct use of posture helps make the practice (focusing on the breath) easier. As we talked…