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Taoteching: Chapter 81

Thursday, July 1st, 2004
I’m closing out this current look at the Taoteching appropriately by looking at the last chapter of the Tao. Let’s not forget that I am no expert on the Taoteching, I am not purposely teaching the Taoteching (see the previous statement), and I ended up looking at these three versions of the Tao simply because [...]

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BANG !!!!

Friday, July 2nd, 2004
Over the years I’ve managed to lose much of my enthusiasm for fireworks, probably a good thing considering some of the near-accidents I’ve had while playing with them over the years. This year I may even be feeling less patriotic than usual, though I still wish all of our troops could be home celebrating the [...]

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The Collected Songs 0f Cold Mountain

Tuesday, July 6th, 2004
Red Pine’s translation of The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain has been an enjoyable read so far. I first encountered Cold Mountain awhile ago while reading Kerouac’s Dharma Bums and through some Gary Snyder’ translations, which I discussed a few years ago Though I suspect I would find Cold Mountain’s poems too “religious” for my [...]

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Just Like a Man

Wednesday, July 7th, 2004
I went to Tacoma’s Rose Garden to take some follow-up pictures in the series I’ve been working on. Somehow I ended up distracted by this: and I couldn’t take my eyes off this, one, either Do you think a rose by any other name might be a dahlia?

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