I've been catching up on the news over the last few days and WOW-- I'm absolutely fucking terrified. I can't wait to bring back some Buddhism to mitigate all the sociopathy, greed, and bloodlust filling the airwaves. Here's the agenda for the evening/night: Top Priority : Old Path White Clouds reflection (Pippala Leaf, and Evening Star, I believe, are the next chapter titles). I've read farther ahead by this point, so I'm catching up with the chapter reflections. We're now

To inaugurate my 2026 blog archive, I've decided to present a more free-form, hodgepodge stream of consciousness text that captures what I've been thinking about over the past few days in my little sequestration and silence. I'm not promising that it will be anything spectacular, but I'm excited to see where it goes without the pressure of arriving at any particular destination. I will sit down and write for approximately 45-60 minutes uninterrupted later tonight, then I'll p