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A week ago tonight, Steve and I got to see Steely Dan in concert.
It’s true that the sound wasn’t that great for someone who didn’t know all the lyrics by heart (and since then, I’ve also been plagued with problems of every conceivable music-playing appliance…computer iTunes is shot, the iPod is crapped out, the kitchen […]

Previously: Thursday: Last Day
As an unsophisticated writer, I make a lot of mistakes; the obvious mistake in writing about my stay at Green Gulch Farm is that a simple narrative…this happened, then this happened…doesn’t serve the experience well, and I haven’t been skillful about bringing some of the other elements into this story. (The […]

I stayed at San Francisco Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farm for three days in July. Here’s the fourth installment, this one about my last day there.
I wake on the last morning of my stay and make it to the zendo on time, happy that I haven’t blown it by sleeping in during any morning. […]

Previously: Tuesday: First Full Day
I stayed at San Francisco Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farm for three days. Here’s the third installment about my time there.
The first 40 minute meditation period today was silent except for the voice again, which gave a longer thought, starting with “Full awareness” then continued onto something about the breath […]

Previously: Monday (and backstory): The Road to Green Gulch Farm
I stayed at San Francisco Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farm for three days. Here’s the second installment about my time there.
My watch alarm went off at 4:30 and I had a brief argument with myself about getting out of bed. I’d already decided to […]

I stayed at San Francisco Zen Center’s Green Gulch Farm for three days. I’m doing a lot of writing about it because I want to retain as much of the experience as I can. Here’s the first installment, that includes probably too much background on my path to Green Gulch and to zen […]