Rusty Ring

Appearing also on My Corner of the World .

This unlikely 1967 Arlo Guthrie classic has become a Thanksgiving ritual for American radio stations, many of which spin it on that day....

(Still Pleurotus ostreatus . I've posted on these before , but it never ceases to amaze me how attached this species is to the ...

(In honour of Thanksgiving.) that I was a child before helmets and helicopters Internet radio brown rice pinto beans c...

This is a July post – meaning it has little immediate relevance to Zen or hermit practice – but Tom has made it clear on his website th...

( Pieris japonica, known here as popcorn bush, is a popular landscaping shrub on the North Pacific Coast. Native to the same latit...

This Sunday, 29 October, is National Hermit Day. (I have no idea which nation declared this. The day commemorates an Irish saint, so I...

So it's July again, the month when the Internet takes a vacation and I can post stuff that's just cool and not necessarily abou...

(Found these while biking, growing by the side of the road. Interesting thing about the way Pleurotus ostreatus behaves in these parts: it...

In my university years I lived in a comfortably adequate basement apartment, where I developed a friendly rapport with my landlords – ...

(Found this brand-new pair of bike gloves beside the highway today, about 30 yards apart. My size and everything. Normally, when thi...

(A year ago I shared the just-finished foundation of my new shop. This is what that space looks like now. Appropriately cramped and...

(One thing I love about biking , rarely celebrated by those who sing its praises, is the stuff you find by the side of the road w...

(A few days ago the tide left these two luscious giant tomatoes on the beach. They'd washed up about 50 yards apart, in perfect...

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...

(I found these by the side of the road while riding my bike. They're meditation chimes. There's a small broken hanger on th...

(A determined band of them, growing next to a railway in the middle of nowhere, for no clear reason.)

Zen monasteries traditionally close in midsummer, when the zendo gets too hot for comfortable (or safe) sitting and the travelling is g...

I was difficult when I was younger. Part of me would like to go back and face some of those challenges and circumstances again, ex...

(Swung into this back-county primary school a few days ago, looking for a place to get off my bike and rest in shade. As I coaste...