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It’s the meditation, or the lack thereof, that’s killing my perspective. I used to be able to let things roll off my back. Angry people, rude people, tired people, suffering people—all of them, I [...]

Did you hear him say it? Did you hear Barak Obama say he would “recruit an army of new teachers?” He said many more moving things tonight, but that phrase—that word, army—says it all. It marks [...]

Finally, I had my two days off and wasn’t SICK! So I… ..,put in over 10 hours on the arts writer’s grant and have a first draft complete. It’s a lot of work justifying $33,000! I also critiqued [...]

[While it is redundant to say this, I’m going to anyway: This writing and, in particular, this project and the posts regarding this project are copyrighted, and protected, in some cases, under [...]

The great thing about grant applications is that they make you cut to the chase. In working on the most important grant application of my life this week, the Arts Writers Grant Project, I [...]

Sarah (that’s my teacher friend and our new white belt) walked into the dojo this morning at 10:59 a.m. and just barely made it onto the mat in time to bow in. Of course, Lis, Jeff, Nate, and [...]

Oh my god. Today I saw a line on my arm. Not a chiseled line. Not a firm line. Not even a long line. But for reals – a bon a fide line of muscle, dimpling the skin at the very back of my upper [...]

Despite the warm weather these past two days, I have to say I first sensed the downhill side of summer two weeks ago Friday, sitting along the walkway at the craft school late one auction night. [...]

Still sick, but getting better…

Saturday Hanshi asked me to give our basic orientation to a new white belt in the kid’s class. I think he’s about 8 years old. Twenty minutes into the orientation, the kid retched in [...]