It is that up-in-the-air time again, when between recovering from the same-old, same-old hectic holidays and looking lugubriously ahead to…
Year: 2012
So, what’s wrong with miserliness? This is continued from this article. Well, for starters: Due to miserliness we sometimes wish…
A couple of weeks ago, in London, N, my parents, and I were invited to a piano recital by an…
By a guest blogger. We are all connected in mutual acts of kindness. We often think people are not kind…
Until Konstantin the Russian tenant showed up, my yard in America was overgrown with prickly thistles and ugly weeds. My…
A bit more on the subject of delusions and how to get rid of them. Nothing is as it seems…
Forget Christmas, let every day be Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving is here again in the States and, although I was not brought…
My parents were staying with me early this year, which was lovely, and one night we watched Hitchhiker’s Guide to…
According to Buddha, the way to attain true and lasting mental freedom is to realize ultimate truth, emptiness. What does…
Wild applause in Chicago. Stunned silence in Boston. Or numberless scenes like this when elections are won and lost all…