Word vomit April 21, 2012

This post began as a freewrite, turned out to have a point, degenerated into a rant, and then dribbled off without warning/before I covered everything I thought about saying. Nonetheless, maybe I will eventually turn it to something useful if I leave it here for now. – H Maybe what I’m doing is wrong. It [...]

Returns November 12, 2011

(I wrote the bulk of this post a long time ago, and some of the sentiments in it are dated, but I felt like it was worth sharing anyway. Apologies to those who didn’t want to see my dirty laundry.) This will not be a “Buddhist” post, exactly. I’m writing it primarily for my own [...]

Movember: Day 12 November 12, 2011

I think I need a trim. Pic: http://ow.ly/i/l8KT

Movember Greetings November 8, 2011

I’m not known for keeping in touch very well. I hope things are going well for all of you, and that all your ducks are in a row. In case you are feeling generous and want to support a good cause (namely, prostate cancer research/awareness), I wanted to let you know that I’m participating in [...]

Apologies June 30, 2010

I have realized that I was being premature when I announced on Twitter that I would start blogging again soon. All this time, I’ve been using the pursuit of universal truth to mask my personal problems. Right now, I’m not naked at all: I’m wearing the same one-piece snowsuit, rose-tinted goggles and thick earmuffs that [...]

Time December 12, 2009

“This breath is the one that counts.” – Sufi proverb I’m not even a “real” Buddhist—I haven’t taken refuge vows yet—so don’t kill me if I get this wrong, but I wanted to share my thoughts based on something that I read somewhere. The author was confused about the relation between the Buddhist concept of [...]

An Abundance of Leslies November 19, 2009

Hi, folks. I just got back from my first Tai Chi class at the Y. It was great, because, with only two or three other people in the class, I got a lot of one-on-one instruction from the teacher… not so great because I’m beginning to think that I’m wired to be an attention whore. [...]

Plum Blossoms September 29, 2009

Hey, guys and gals. I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to write another post… I think my internal censor has been interfering too much. Nuts to that. Naked is part of my blog’s title for a reason. I’m only interested in total and complete self-annihilation. Laying myself bare is my specialty. Before [...]

Frogs September 10, 2009

(This post died, somehow. Mercury retrograde strikes again! That, or too much fiddling on my part . . . thank goodness for saved revisions.) Blogging with a slight stomach-ache, today. I didn’t exactly want to get out of bed, but I’m determined to be productive, anyway. The weird dreams keep coming; this time, I was [...]

Hot-blooded September 9, 2009

As the title suggests, the weather is exceedingly warm, right now . . . but I quite like being alive, so I’m not complaining. I went for a nice walk with the puppy today; we laughed, we hugged, we rolled in the grass. Annie growled at a parked motorcycle. Did I mention that life is [...]