Late Haiku

wild, untameable dense, impen’trable thicket forest of the mind Two rooms with washrooms are now complete.  Two more are liveable, leaking roof, no washrooms.  Still two caves, makes six.  An old meditator is coming on Sunday, we’ve an appointment with...

Happy ‘nother Year

Yep, it’s a year again. Some newness for us, though, worth mentioning… First, we’re on a new server now; it’s still a bit unstable, not sure why, but we’re now running a 64-bit operating system, which should help with memory issues (live...

December 2011 Update

December has been a busy month on all fronts; after the novice ordination, there was the robe dying, robe-wearing instruction, etc. Then we started an off-line Pali class, which has been fruitful – for me at least, learning a bit more about how to teach...

November Update Pt.2

Phalanyani arrived yesterday; maybe she can join the radio session Sunday. She went on alms this morning, taking my old route, getting at least as much food as I get. Me and Nick went trouncing through the jungle to find the old path to the other village, ended up...