The setting: Spring 1988, Kita-Narashino, Japan. I stood, not alone, in the cool and quiet of the night under a cherry tree in full blossom. Rick was with me. We […]
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Autumn Haiku
It’s already December! Have I really been back from Japan for almost a month now? On the first day the group was together in Japan, I gave everyone an index […]
Autumn in Japan Slideshow!
And so our autumn journey to Japan is wrapped up in a slide show. As you watch, you’ll hear shakuhachi music, Silver Bamboo, by Dean Evanson. Be sure to turn […]
Yoga Inspiration
I am back home now. I woke up in the middle of the night trying to figure out which city I was in. Was I in Kyoto, Koyasan, Osaka, or […]
Up the Holy Mountain
Last night was our last night at the monastery in Mt. Koya. Mt Koya is the center of Shingon Buddhism, a sect introduced to Japan in 805AD by Kukai (also […]