Archive for December 31st, 2007

If You Can Dream It

Monday, December 31st, 2007
Though I’m discovering why The Book of Lieh-tzu is generally not regarded as highly as the Taoteching or the Book of Chuang Tzu, it’s hard not appreciate he richness of the Taoist tradition. When Graham points out that: Unlike the Indian philosophies, neither of the great Chinese philosophies, Confucianism and Taoism, can be called pessimistic; both assume, [...]

Nice Way to End the Year

Monday, December 31st, 2007
There was a brief, but brilliant sun break here in Tacoma today, and I decided that I would end the Old Year doing what I love best, walking around taking pictures of birds in the sunshine. Of course, I knew that since it was Christmas break and this was the first real sunshine we’ve had that [...]