I’ve decided to move the weekend practice to Friday’s post. I think a practice on Friday morning as we wind down the week will give some time to reflect on the reading and some space for the weekend. Summary This week, Muriel Barbery reminds us that what matters is not winning but “building well” and…
Summer was like your house: you knewwhere each thing stood.Now you must go out into your heartas onto a vast plain. Nowthe immense loneliness begins.The days go numb, the windsucks the world from your senses like withered leaves.Through the empty branches the sky remains.It is what you have.Be earth now, and evensong.Be the ground lying…
We have given up trying to meet others; we just meet ourselves. We don’t recognize each other because other people have become our permanent mirrors. … As for me, I implore fate to give me the chance to see beyond myself and truly meet someone. Muriel Barbery, The Elegance of the Hedgehog Another quote from…
My heart is moved by all I cannot saveSo much has been destroyedI have to cast my lot with those, who, age after age,Perversely, with no extraordinaryPower, reconstitute the world.Adrienne Rich, “Natural Resources” in The Dream of a Common Language Yes this post was inspired by current events. This time, it’s the fires all over…
In chess you have to kill to win. In go, you have to build to live. In order to win, you must also allow the other player to live. Players who are too greedy will lose ... What matters is building well. So here, I've assigned myself a new obligation. I'm going to stop undoing,…
Simple and Forgotten Things 