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A couple of years ago, when I started studying Zen philosophy, Raf was hired to illustrate a book. The book is a memoir called Leaving Parma. As he was brainstorming ideas for these illustrations he came up with this one: “Words create past experience.” He came up with this within the context of the memoir…
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Another week goes by in a flash! I have all of these blog posts in my head and no time to write them. This is being posted from my iPod which is not conducive to good writing. This past couple of weeks have been very stressful for a variety of reasons and I’m starting to…
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The library is moving this week and I’ve been super busy with helping all week. So I haven’t been able to get out with the camera. This is a photo of the moss on the tree in my backyard. Exciting stuff, I know!
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So. I’ve been listening to the Live Wire podcast and loving it. It is introducing me to all of these great bands that I’d never heard of before. One of them (and I can’t believe I didn’t know about these guys) is the Thermals. I downloaded their most recent album, Personal Life. I love it.…
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Saturday night Raf and I went to Live Wire! in Portland. Live Wire is a radio program taped live on stage and features local indie bands and interviews. We were guests of Scott Poole, the house poet. At the end of each show Scott sums up each show with a poem. I went so that…