Saturday, June 6, 2009

Friday, June 5, 2009

Birthday Perspective


Close up, his face was a
menacing terrain. From a
great distance, it was
as smooth as a new
car.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

1000 Feet Koan


He clutched the tree
branch with his teeth.
If he opened his mouth
he'd fall 1000 feet. If
he didn't open it he'd
fail the exam.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

SW Air Critiques Kim's Drawing


I love SW Air. The st-
ewardess loved my
drawing and asked if
my not yet 3 grand-
son had done it.

Monday, May 25, 2009

Continental Divide


I wondered if he wo-
uld miss me, not r-
ealizing how much I
would miss him.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Stuck or 2 Close?


Another iphone drawing above. Generally I work on a Palm Pilot. I'm thinking of getting an iphone next month so I can combine photos and drawing, etc.

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Car Wash

We took lit' J. to Lowes
and we met the mon-
ster in the car
wash.


Caught by a security camera.

Friday, May 22, 2009

Zen Lesson #4213A


The priest was concerned
that his drainpipe was le-
aking. Others tried hard to
associate the dharma with
their lives.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Bad Books



I chased my grand-
son to the library.
When he got there
he played on
the compu-
ter and then
complained
that
his
dad
got
bad
books.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Intimacy


The Buddhist priest described how he saw Zen as intimacy, being close to all as the body is to the robe. He said that intimacy is listening and not judging... and not fixing.

A few minutes later I was racing to the airport in an avalanche of rain to see my new grandson in Philadelphia. I asked my daughter (Dr. Educator) how I should approach his older brother (almost 3). She said just watch what he does and do what he does. If he's playing with stamps don't teach him to spell his name.

Just be there, DAD!

Boyfriend

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