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Not ten minutes after a call from the lovely AT (Hi, lovely AT!), I’m headed down the driveway to karate class when…Pop! The dreaded flat tire. While I’ve had my fair share of flats since moving [...]

Really, naming it was half the battle. About a week and a half ago I had an acupuncture appointment. As usual, it helped tremendously, but—like a massage that feels powerful but can open up [...]

This is a karate-heavy post, cut and pasted from my karate journal, so you may or may night find this interesting. I will be on meditation retreat all weekend and will not post until I return. [...]

Here is a quote from the conclusion of Sara Boxer’s essay on blogs, as published in the current issue of The New York Review of Books. I find her observation interesting and ironic in light [...]

It occurs to me that ever since Hanshi mentioned the possibility of a yellow belt test, I’ve had tunnel vision. If it doesn’t relate to the 5 punches, 6 blocks, 6 stances, 4 kicks, and 1 form I [...]

I’m not entirely certain what it means – to separate yourself from your writing. The news about the $500 gig sure made for a good day. Today I revised fiction and felt alive on the page for the [...]

The raccoons descend upon the house as if preordained. One, underneath the crawl space of the downstairs bedroom. Another (or more?) beneath the main crawl space, where heavy winds have blown out [...]

Hanshi is in Atlanta with the black belts for the annual PAMI conference and Jeff (green) is in charge of running the show. I show up for adult class to find three fellow karateka already suited [...]

Today, I offer website updates! See the sidebar for a link to a recently published essay (the origins of which began right here, on this blog). Also, new forthcoming work listed on the lower half [...]

First and foremost, a Cheerful Shambhala Day to all. Today is the Tibetan New Year – the Year of the Wood Mouse – and what fun we had at the meditation center today! Second, Cam calls. [...]