Rusty Ring

Reflections of an Old-Timey Hermit

Thursday, 22 January 2026

Sobriety Kyôsaku

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An intoxicant is any external source that draws you deeper into yourself, your beliefs, your egocentrism, and away from direct experien...
Wednesday, 21 January 2026

WW: King boletes

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( Boletus edulis. Part of a generous outbreak that burst up not far from my house during the record rains of last month. Some of them w...
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Sunday, 18 January 2026

Buddha and Budai

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(A point I made in greater detail here .)
Tuesday, 13 January 2026

WW: Neighbourhood pond

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Thursday, 8 January 2026

Passing Through

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incola ego sum apud te in terra et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei. Psalterium Sancti Hieronymi, 38:13 (English translation...
Wednesday, 7 January 2026

WW: Ancient testimony

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(Another electrical artefact from an old shed that's figured in these pages before . This time it's a full grown tree used as a p...
Thursday, 1 January 2026

A Prayer for the New Year

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I first encountered the oft-cited invocation below in a newspaper column by United Congregational minister Dale Turner. At the time I ass...
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I devoted my life to Zen practice many years ago. "That which does not kill me, makes me kinder."
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