"Wow! Did you see that?" We both said with one voice as the star shot out of our eyes painting a brilliant glowing line across the galaxy...

I had a loose but unshakable grip on Vic's handlebars as we descended a washed-out old road to the lead mine. Some soccer ball sized...

It would have been amazing if Trump realized the truth in that moment. In the video below you can see clearly the question was not...

"Hey Jamie, you want a burger?" I almost always say no thank you. I'm discovering that is about my fear of intimacy with others and my...

My "bigfoot" air freshener swings back and forth dangling from my rearview mirror as I drive around. There he is going to the store...

I named this blog after my dharma name!?! It feels like sacrilege. On the surface I am reaffirming a "self" or as described in the...

During my second period of zazen this morning a rush of memory washed over me. Very warm childhood memories. That's a relief because I've...

My girlfriend and I did zazen laying down this afternoon. I almost fell asleep once or twice. Just breathing in and breathing out....

I went to my hometown Berlin the other day to visit my dad and my mom. As I was driving through the city I saw a woman just walking down...

Daikan is the dharma name given to me by my Zen teacher Nancy Mujo Baker Roshi. It's two parts Dai and Kan, so, it has two Japanese...