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Humming Birds and Four-Wheel Drive
We have recently been lucky with volunteers coming up, especially at the weekends, and today was no exception. Craig Zenkei Courtright came up to clean windows. Anne Riley did some laundry and...
August 29, 2010 | Comments: 1 -
Fire Suppression and Fly Oppression
Yesterday we received a visit from Steve, a contractor for the local fire prevention service. Following our annual camp inspection by environmental health, we were told that our kitchen needed...
August 26, 2010 | Comments: 1 -
Echoes in the Valley
The tractor and backhoe have been reunited in the way that only a tractor and backhoe can be: with very heavy gauge bolts. Shinko Sensei, Tenshin Roshi's successor, who lived here at Yokoji for...
August 23, 2010 | Comments: 0 -
Blogging and Backhoes
Blogging can be a somewhat cynical enterprise. This is a new realization for me, as a novice in the already-crowded universe of the blogger. Having created just a few posts so far, my inclination...
August 20, 2010 | Comments: 4 -
Wednesday is the New Monday
After a couple of days off from the schedule, which is a luxury peculiar to the interim period, Wednesday morning can be grueling. For me it is a bit like jumping in to cold water - the initial...
August 19, 2010 | Comments: 0 -
Sunday Schedule
The Sunday Schedule opens Yokoji to the public, and the rhythm and atmosphere of the Center changes. For the residents, dawn zazen is replaced with the opportunity for a little more sleep before...
August 15, 2010 | Comments: 0 -
Saturday
Jonen and Jishin in the kitchen
Saturday. Time to relax. Perhaps a bit of shopping, a walk in the park, dinner with friends. Not here. Saturday is a regular day at Yokoji -...
August 14, 2010 | Comments: 2 -
Here goes...
Welcome to the Yokoji Zen Mountain Center blog! "Why", I hear you ask, "does a Zen Center need a blog? Aren't you too busy meditating, hanging out up in the clouds somewhere, dwelling in states of...
August 13, 2010 | Comments: 3