One Bright Pearl

what can I say
struggling like this
it is only
hanging from a tree
grasping at nothing
choking on bark
revealed!

Like a complete unknown, that’s how it feels. It doesn’t deter or sway me. Being homeless is not that big a deal when you have a direction to go, a deep intention carrying your load.
At this time I live in a tent on the property of Sanshin Zen Community. I have use of the kitchen [...]

Seeing a caterpillar, I am reminded how much I miss Georgia and Spencer. Over the past couple of years we have explored so many wonders on the land around our house in Pittsboro, North Carolina. I remember experiencing Georgia’s confidence grow as she began to catch toads and small lizards and skinks. Spencer, being younger, [...]

“What is there to worry about, what problem exists now?” I often ask myself when I realize that I am a million miles from the present, fixated on a perceived problem. All it takes is a single look and problems dissolve. Yet the fact remains, I must work out a means to support myself as [...]

Back to making a living. Again.
Advertising is such a drag in my mind. Yet it seems that if I am to be the master of my time then I must advertise the skills or the services I can provide for others. Having spent the last thirty years in the once emerging and now dominant information [...]

Everything that comes up
Is only temporary
Who knows
What thought comes next
Coming and going
An illusion that binds
No need to believe
these ephemeral vines
Resting here
Half a person
Knows nothing

Showed up in the zendo at Sanshin for morning zazen. It was good to be sitting with sangha.

In the interest of continuity and accountability I have updated the About page of this journal.

Suddenly waking, I see a man looming over me. Just as sudden he jumps back, tense, taught, ready to defend himself… or bolt. He was not expecting me to wake so easily.
Stammering, he says, “I was checking whether you were passed out or not.” I reply, “I am not.” Then eyeing my backpack and blanket [...]