Laying in bed this morning and listening to the radio I wondered if I should change all my passwords. What a pain.
My days of having to be at an 8:30 AM ballet class are dwindling as the semester is coming to an end. Unfortunately, this morning is one of the remaining days.
I had some serious fun yesterday playing music. I spent an hour or so with my violinist friend. We played through Bach’s B minor Violin sonata and a Mozart sonata we have been playing. This music is incredible. It leaves me feeling whole and grateful. Amazing stuff.
Came home and played Schubert piano sonatas. Once again amazing and fulfilling. I am a lucky dude.
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1. Buddhadharma – Web Archive – Confessions of a Zen Novelist
I was reading this article yesterday. It reminded me of my boss who was sitting at the moment at a three day writing workshop dealy. When she told me she was going to attend this conference, I asked her if she had thoughts of writing as well as priesting. She said she did. So I emailed her this link. Written by Ruth Ozeki, it talks about her own writer’s block and becoming a zen priest. Here are some quotes I noted.
We are all the stories we tell ourselves. As the heroes of our own I-novels, we never stop conceiving and reconceiving ourselves and those around us. Ever since I learned to hold a pencil, I’ve written myself into being over and over again:
We can no more remove ourselves from language than we can stop breathing.
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2.Heard Around the World: An Open Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury
The writer of the letter is the Reverend Marcus Halley. He is speaking truth. As I was talking about this article to my wife I mentioned how when the Brits are “tepid” it can make me a little crazy even though I generally admire them
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3. A Problem With the Common Core – NYTimes.com
I love it that the writer of this article, an experienced teacher, recommends that people involved with deciding and implementing testing like commissioners of education and members of the Boards of Regents actually sit down and take the tests the students have to take. Then they will see how lame they are. Cool.
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4. Chiding an F.E.C. Colleague – NYTimes.com
Three FEC commissioners chide a fourth who recently wrote a stinging indictment of their partisan behavior. A blustering letter like this doesn’t convince me.
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5. Experts Find a Door Ajar in an Internet Security Method Thought Safe – NYTimes.com
What I’m talking about. Yuk.
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6. Poachers Attack Beloved Elders of California, Its Redwoods – NYTimes.com
They don’t take the whole tree. Just a knot referred to as a “burl.”
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7. Rounding Up Suspects, Pakistan Charges a Baby – NYTimes.com
What can I say?