Author: Moni

  • Yesterday, I found these instructions from the Buddha on right speech: The criteria for deciding what is worth saying [1] “In the case of words that the Tathagata knows to be unfactual, untrue, unbeneficial (or: not connected with the goal), unendearing & disagreeable to others, he does not say them. [2] “In the case of…

  • Street fair

    YesterdayAfter our run we went to Portland for the Hawthorne Street Fair. (Apologies if anyone finds any of these photos offensive. I think they are funny.) There were people selling hilariously irreverent postcards and bags made out of old porn movie film.  I bought some funny postcards! And more serious books. I even shot some…

  • Sunday runday

    I am happy to report that I was able to run today! My injury is healing up and I am in significantly less pain. Actually, the pain is pretty much gone. I’m still healing but I am so relieved to not be in excruciating pain anymore. Today’s scheduled run was 4 miles and I took…

  • I put aside the intense dive into Sylvia Plath for a bit and picked up a few other, more lighter reads. I was home sick a couple of days this week and reread “The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck,” by Mark Mason which I really liked a lot (both times). There is lots…

  • Getting around to editing some scans from this past Summer and I am really digging this one. You really can’t go wrong with pinhole on a busy beach. Camera: Zero 2000 Film: Ektar 100 Exposure time: 1 second