Category: Life

It’s mostly what this blog’s about.

  • I went through a Term Student program at my Sangha this past Fall. This is, simply, a period of time when you focus a bit more intensely on your practice. I learned so much about myself during this time. I will blog more about it – if I can find the words to say about it.…

  • Here is my One Second A Day video for 2014! What a wonderful year. I meant to post this last night but doing the final edits took forever and eventually I fell asleep on the couch as I waited for it to upload to Youtube. Raf woke me up at midnight so we could ring…

  • There are good years and bad years. This was a very good year.

    It is that time of year. Yes. it is time for the “end of the year reflect on the past year” blog post. Up front, I have to say that 2014 was just so excellently good. I honestly can’t think of a bad thing from this past year. It was good in so many ways.…

  • I remember the first record I ever bought. It was the 45 single of “The Tide Is High” by Blondie. I remember the day I bought it at the Spokane Valley Mall when I was out with my friends for the day, hanging out. I was in 6th grade. I remember standing in the record store…

  • CraftyMoni’s cure for the November blues

    November is a difficult month for me.  For the past five years the modus operandi has been to fall into a groove of grief that turns into a depression that becomes very difficult to dig my way out of.  I started to find myself in that familiar, depressing, place about a week ago. Somehow, something…