Rusty Ring

Reflections of an Old-Timey Hermit

Wednesday, 11 February 2026

WW: Abandoned barn

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(No stronger proof of disuse in an old barn than a rotten hay hoist. Because this tackle can easily kill people if it fails, farmers ten...
Thursday, 5 February 2026

Emptiness

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"It's the hole that makes the doughnut." The I Ching. (Probably.) (Pre-certified doughnut courtesy of Wikimedia...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

WW: Sunset on the Columbia Plateau

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(Another shot from my trek through Eastern Washington last summer.)
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Thursday, 29 January 2026

Zenola

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I brought rather austere food when I sat 100 Days on the Mountain . Lunch and dinner were an identical bowl of rice and beans, spiced up...
Wednesday, 28 January 2026

WW: Sky on the Hanford Reach

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(Here's a photo from my outbacking excursion to Spokane last summer, taken on the northwest limit of the Pasco Basin, just a few hund...
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 expe...
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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I devoted my life to Zen practice many years ago. "That which does not kill me, makes me kinder."
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