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even one-penny fireworks... ooo! ahh! Issa (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and a generous photographer.)

The warbler wipes its muddy feet on plum blossoms – Issa ( Plum Garden, Kamata, by Utagawa Hiroshige, courtesy of Rawpixel.c...

winter rain time to unseal the new tea Issa (Photo courtesy of Unsplash.com and a generous photographer .)

Standing in the driveway, staring at the rising moon My neighbor thought I was staring at her. Awkward. – a fellow Zen hermit on Twit...

the mountain hermit's fire is rising winter rain Issa (Photo courtesy of Edal Anton Lefterov and Wikimedia Commons.)

My mom died three nights ago. I had been looking after her for several years, managed her home hospice daily over the last six month...

a good world even from the quince thicket: "Happy New Year!" Issa

spring breeze... packed with people the mountain temple Issa (Photo courtesy of Maria Yamaguchi and Wikimedia Commons.)

just a foot long, but it'll do New Year's pine Issa ( Pine Tree by Pan Dawei courtesy of Wikimedia Common...

Here's another great Zen hermit video. This time it's former Marine and corporate warrior Scott Mangis. He's been inside ...

Kobayashi Issa is my all-time favourite poet. Regular readers will find this tediously typical, for though he's one of Japan's ...

Twelfth Month singers seven feet away a little one sings Issa (1880 American Christmas card courtesy of Wikimedia Commons and a g...

In Meditation in the Wild: Buddhism's Origin in the Heart of Nature , Charles S. Fisher writes: "Buddhism was born in the for...

Where there are humans you'll find flies and Buddhas Issa (Photograph of Musca domestica joining the picnic c...

You know when you're researching a blog article and then you run across something entirely unrelated thanks to Google's arcane se...

instead of morning glories unfolding autumn dusk Issa