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Reading Chuang Tzu

Reading Chuang Tzu

Chuang Tzu (Master Chuang) was a witty and profound writer – and a bit of a curmudgeon sometimes. I love his parables, and his humor, and his mystical – yet very pragmatic – approach to attunement and freedom from conventional obsessions. He lived in China sometime around the 4th century B.C.E. He’s my favorite. You may run across different spellings of his name. This is how I saw it when I first started reading, but you will also see Zhuangzi,…

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Birds Love the Voice of Charlotte Church

Birds Love the Voice of Charlotte Church

I am too disheartened by recent events to be able to respond to the news in any kind of responsible way today. I’m taking a break. And I have been rewarded. I have just witnessed the Snow White/Sleeping Beauty effect. Keep reading. One of the nicer aspects about not having found a full-time job yet is that I have a couple of days off during the week. I was feeling rather down and, having completed most of my mundane chores,…

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