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Retreat Trails
My plan for today was a road trip to Vermont, where I have always fantasized about going, and now it’s merely a 2 hour drive from Boston. I thought I would hit the road in plenty of time to take a … Continue reading
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seeing eye dog
i seem to be in the midst of one of these literal periods. where i only take in what the literal world brings me. and then things feel too cramped for me to see very much beyond it. the more … Continue reading
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Tagged literal, navigate, non-literal, seeing eye dog, seek, spaciousness, world, yoke
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waiting for the train
i’ve never noticed this before. until now. if i close my eyes and listen through the ringing in my ears, i can hear a distant rumble. i’ve been living in this room for 8 months and it is only now … Continue reading
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Good person(s)
This morning, while walking to work, I passed by this guy who said “I’m a good person” to nobody in particular. And I thought this was so great and admirable. I mean, I wish I had the confidence to say … Continue reading
my new mantra
to be chanted repeatedly for 22 minutes, upon awakening and before bed
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Tagged Chamaecyparis, chant, mantra, meditation, Pisifera Plumosa, Plume Sawara Falsecypress
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the saddest vacuum cleaner in the world
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Tagged abandonment, garbage, household appliances, Kirby, sadness, sidewalk, vacuum cleaner
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ghosts of 1000 crickets
i’ve been thinking a lot about glaciers since your trip to Alaska. And what they might sound like. i reconnected with this almost friend from my art school days, Pierre. And I did not realize that he was one my … Continue reading
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Tagged crickets, glaciers, harps, memory, recordings, singing dogs, string theory, teaching, Walden Pond
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clothes moths
so i guess it’s true. it’s true what they say. they say that the hardest thing about going away is returning to the place you were getting away from. if such a place even exists. the things i left are … Continue reading
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Tagged departing, feeling, John Cage, leaving, returning, Zen Buddhism
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hypothetical question
try to imagine you have something important to say. something that could not be said without you saying it. what would that feel like?
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mutation
Isn’t it sort of interesting that on days you do not engage in any form of exercise, you compensate for that by eating more and doing less. It’s uncanny how that always happens. Much of today was spent looking at … Continue reading
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Tagged aura, energy, gluttony, laziness, mutation, penetration, potential room-mates
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A little problem
I’ve run into this little problem. I may be dying faster than I had planned and I’m not quite sure what to do about it. I try to convince myself that this is just a minor setback. like a parking ticket. … Continue reading
Boston social life
it’s beginning to look like i’m making some headway in my quest to find friends, to connect with other sentient beings as i drift through this strange land where i always feel like a stranger. but then i remember that … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston, connections, friends, illusion, payment, services, social life
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pirouette
“i’ve decided to stay where i am for the time being,” he writes as if he knew where he was or had any sense of time or being. I’ve thought and thought about living outside this house where I have stayed … Continue reading
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The Lost Pedestrian 