Ode to my truck

A basic tenet of Buddhism is nonattachment.  In fact, if you cut through lots of the church doctrine that’s been added over the centuries to Christianity, if you get back to the basic teachings of Jesus, he too taught nonattachment.  Jesus and Buddha knew that life’s meaning and true joy were not to be found […]

What the road passes by

I received word yesterday that my friend, Carolyn, died.  Her life partner, Monty, sent a message to all those on her email list.  She died peacefully at home after a battle with an aggressive cancer.  I didn’t know she was sick. I hadn’t had much contact with her over the past several years, though I […]