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"You may not believe in hell, but hell believes in you." (A message from this station and Fudo Myō-ō.) (Ph...

"It is a horrible thing to feel unwanted — invisible, inadequate, ineligible for the things that any person might hope for. ...

Regulars may have noticed that posting on Rusty Ring has become a little haphazard. That's because I've been managing my m...

"Sit on it."

"As my gramma, Nana Roseannadanna, used to say: it's always somethin'." Gilda Radner (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.” Ernest Hemingway (Photo of welded saw blades courte...

According to an Internet commenter, when Thais encounter food they don't care for, they don't say, "I don't like this....

A few weeks ago a friend directed me to Everything Doesn't Happen For A Reason , by Tim Lawrence. It's attracted an enthusiasti...

(The following is a passage from Rough Around the Edges , a manuscript I began 20 years ago. Though my Zen practice was still about si...

Some time ago I had the good fortune to spend a month in Guatemala. While in the ancient capital I visited the tomb of Hermano Pedro ...

"It could have been worse." So says the young protagonist of Mitt liv som hund ("My Life as a Dog"). For him, ever...

The Way is a movie you've seen a dozen times: angry/critical/selfish/ disapproving/distant father comes to regret his bullheaded in...

Everyone has a room to air. Everyone has a soul to bare. Everyone has a horn to blare. Everyone has a cause to care. Everyone has a t...

If you don't know Peter Mayer , you should know Peter Mayer. He's one of those artists (like Sherman Alexie and Regina Spektor...