Friday, July 4th, 2008

Elvis and the Ear Ache

 ”When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal.” ~Napolean Hill
Elvis is persnickety about what he will allow us to do to him.  We’ve had a leash problem in the past, but that seems to be handled now.  [...]

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Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Kung Fu Pug

“Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced it to you, trippingly on the tongue. . . . Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, the whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget [...]

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Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Large and in Charge

“Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.” - Lao-Tzu
One of the things I’ve learned since having Elvis with us is that pugs really do live more in the moment, in total awareness of the moment and nothing but the moment, than humans do, or at least more than I do.  I have [...]

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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

Sleeping Horizontally in a Perpendicular World

The flower invites the butterfly with no-mind;
The butterfly visits the flower with no-mind.
The flower opens, the butterfly comes;
The butterfly comes, the flower opens.
I don’t know others,
Others don’t know me.
By not-knowing we follow nature’s course.
-   Ryokan, Dewdrops on a Lotus Leaf, 
    Translated by John Stevens

It’s 2 a.m., and I just woke up with a stabbing pain [...]

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