These days I am working on a novel. I have been for awhile now. I intended to write about the writer's process and the process of meditation coinciding. Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down The Bones, and a Zen Buddist practitioner, write… Continue

Charter of the International Military Tribunal (From the Nuremberg trials )(http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/nuremberg/NurembergIndictments.html#Charter) August 8, 1945 (Selected Articles) ARTICLE 1 In pursuance of the Agreement signed on the 8th day of August 1945 by the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the Union of Sovie… Continue

Today has already been eventful. After prayer and meditation this morning and a final (for now) blast of mental affliction stamped into my private, hand-written, home journal, I walked to the convenience store just down the street, because now I want to read from library books I have borrowed and am out of coffee. Coffee still goes with morning reading after prayer and meditation for this sentient being. What will become of this luscious, lecherous habit... I've got my green cloth, re-useable g… Continue

Last night I listened to a broadcast of the Pennsylvania primary results via NPR on my antiquated but still useful radio. I have purposely not watched television for about four months, except for an occasional stop at a convenience store where Fox News is broadcasting while the cashier is tallying my groceries and bagging them. (Does Fox News appear at nearly all Dunkin' Donuts and convenience stores where you live, too?) I felt accosted by the blasting of yellow broadcast journalism that elect… Continue

The Dalai Lama laughs with Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire after he said that men — not women — were to blame for the world's problems. He appeared before 50,000 people on the second day of his visit to Seattle. (from MSNBC.COM)


The title of this blog is a tad misleading. I did n… Continue