Category: Life

It’s mostly what this blog’s about.

  • Day 6 – St. Jordi’s day

    Today was a big day in Barcelona. It was St Jordi’s day. It’s a sweet holiday. The tradition is that you are supposed to give your sweetheart a rose (if you are a man) and in return you get a book. So raf gave me a rose.  In return I bought him a handmade sketchbook. …

  • Trillium today

    I don’t have a blog post planned for you today so please accept this for a blog post: a photo of my second sighting of Trillium of the season (the best harbinger of Spring  and my favorite flower), and a story about something that happened about an hour ago. So my mom texted me and…

  • A life.

    28. I am visiting my family on Lake Pend o’Reille in Idaho. I am about to enter the Literature program at UCSC and am reading my first homework, “The Sorrows Of Young Werther.” Quite possibly the most depressing book I’ve ever read. ———— 1 In 5th grade I bring this photo to school for a…

  • On Karma.

    “I am a manifestation of the universe, duty bound to take full responsibility for everything I encounter. And everything I encounter is everything in the universe.” – Brad Warner.From  Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped In Chocolate. 

  • A month of love cultivation

    Almost exactly one month ago I started an experiment where I would do metta (AKA lovingkindness) meditation three days a week and see what would happen. During the month I also read the book: “Love 2.0” (the one that is discussed in the article I link to in my original blog post). I also discovered…