More Than Four Sides

Category: Buddhism

  • It is easier as the years go by, but I still miss him…

    It is easier as the years go by, but I still miss him…

    Today was my father’s yahrzeit, the anniversary of his death in the Hebrew calendar. He died 42 years ago, accidentally, at the age of 44. Two more years and he will be dead as long as he was alive. That will be a strange milestone… Every year, near the end of December, I get email…

  • Gone, 34 years…

    I’ve been absent from this virtual space for awhile.  My last post was in October and it was prompted by the book club I belong to (From Left To Write).  And, prior to that, I was posting from Sierra Leone. This month, January, is the month that my father died, 34 years ago.  My daughter was…

  • Widening circles

    [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/65395158″ params=”show_artwork=true” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Quiet friend who has come so far, feel how your breathing makes more space around you. Let this darkness be a bell tower and you the bell. As you ring, what batters you becomes your strength. Move back and forth into the change. What is it like, such…

  • NaBloPoMo – yes, really!

    Oh, what have I done! My dear friend, who blogs at For Fathers Only, did the NaBloPoMo challenge last year, and I remember reading his posts and thinking “I’ll never get myself committed to that!” But, then, an email came through my inbox today, inviting/challenging me to go for it, and, almost without thinking (although…

  • Meredith Monk

    I regularly listen to the APM program On Being hosted by Krista Tippett, and I often listen to both the produced/edited podcast, as well as the uncut interview. This program was fascinating, but I actually enjoyed the unedited interview more than the produced show – I have to admit that I had the same reaction…

  • Reminder of the past…

    Today, we went to my cousin’s home to attend a ceremony in honor of her husband, who passed away much too early, several years ago.  She is my second cousin on my father’s side, and we met about a dozen years ago or more, after having lived within 3 miles of one another for several…