Fire Monks will be out in paperback in June! I've just posted some new Bay Area readings on my Events page. Many summer and fall events are still in the works and will be added as they are confirmed. In April, fire monk David Zimmerman and I spoke at the International Association of Wildland Fire Human Dimensions conference in Seattle. It was a heartwarming experience to present to such a receptive audience of fire professionals. Lots of great people doing good work studying our complex relationship with fire and the landscapes it touches. San Francisco Zen Center is in the … [Read more...]
Ski-in Reading
I read last night at Tahoe Cross Country in Tahoe City--one of my favorite places in the world. I came off the trail post-ski that morning to find this great sign made by Valle, who runs the place with her husband Kevin. I arrived that evening to find the lodge transformed into a cozy living room. The crowd was lively and warm and curious--and they bought books. Hard to think of a day better spent... … [Read more...]
Return to the Marketplace
Who knew that the first thing I'd publish after spending three months meditating would be a blog about mice--the kind that haunt kitchens and the lesser known kind that skitter about in the mind? You can read that blog post here. If I hadn't accidentally deleted the picture I took on my iPhone of one of the mice before I released it, I'd post the pic, too. But the picture vanished, just as the mice seem to have vanished from my house since I posted that blog! Who knew, also, that the German rights to Fire Monks would be sold while I was at Tassajara, spending my days on a … [Read more...]
Gone, gone beyond
As of Sept 26, I'm entering a three-month practice period at Tassajara, so things will be quiet on this blog and on my Huff Post blog for a while. I'm happy to say that Fire Monks is humming along, finding readers in places both expected and unexpected. Fire season will slide into snow season while I'm away. May the fires that have yet to start bring new life. I wrote a parting commentary published today in the Duluth News Tribune. The Pagami Creek fire burning in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and the approaching 20th anniversary of the Oakland Hills fire closer … [Read more...]
Latest (and last for a bit) Huff Po blog
...unless I find a way to blog from the wilderness... What Meditation Won't Do for You … [Read more...]
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