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“Don’t be self conscious in this class,” Hanshi says. “You’re all already wearing pajamas, so what is there to worry about? Seriously folks, look at us. We could be at a pajama party. There’s [...]

I mope. I overeat. I lay facedown on the countertop for twenty-two minutes, each of which I count methodically. I watch Back to the Future II to get out of my head and there is something in that [...]

Besides my parents and my fellow karateka, I have not seen other people since I arrived back in NC at 3 a.m. on the 18th. I will not see other humans until the night of the 22nd, when I go to [...]

In the morning, I have clarity. What I could have written about last night was not all the things Hanshi said that I could not remember, but rather, the moment that I sparred with one of the new [...]

It’s been almost a month since I had class due to the MFA residency, but today I woke up early and did yoga before heading down the snowy driveway and into town for kids’ class at the dojo. I [...]

H-O-M-E.

Today, our sunniest day yet at the beach and everyone has to pack up and head home. This if the first of three-part journey to get back home: Seaside to Portland today, Portland to [...]

Last night was our banquet for the graduates (always a smaller class in the off season, but they’ll come back in June for the full ceremony) and many endless hours of late night talk and [...]

Not much to say today…an excellent day, even though things are winding down. Here are some quotes: “Self-doubt keeps you attentive.” “To write once sentence is to announce the possibility of the [...]

Oh happy day! I wake up to sunshine for the first time since I arrived on 1/2 and, while I hadn’t thought to wish for such fine weather on my birthday, as soon as I looked out the window the day [...]