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a buddhist carnival - 9th edition, part 1

August 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

if you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. thanks for visiting!welcome to the 9th edition of the buddhist carnival. it’s only been nine months? it seems like a long time, and a good long time. i always look forward to putting this carnival together.
even though there […]

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Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc. · spirituality

the intensive journal process

July 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments

i haven’t written anything about journaling for a while, so i was very pleased when i got an offer to write a paid review for the progoff intensive journal® program. it was a particularly nice surprise because i actually own ira progoff’s at a journal workshop, the basic text and guide for using the […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · emotional health

blogathon: therapy, and then … ? a short story

July 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · therapy

blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 4

July 27th, 2008 · 5 Comments

oh boy, i thought i was going to write much more here in my report on my ideal writing weekend, but i was just so absorbed in what happened that i never got around to it. so this will be my last entry. it’s monday evening, and we’ve had an abso-friggin-lutely unforgettable 3 […]

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blogathon: beautiful music from tibet

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

i just had to include one more youtube video here. please watch this stunning production all the way to the end. the images are as beautiful as the voice and person of tibetan freedom singer yangchen lhamo. and amidst the beauty, we are reminded of the plight of this breathtaking country.

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · peace, environment, social justice et al · spirituality

blogathon: indian street music

July 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

wow, what a neat party! lots of laugher. i wonder what they’re singing, they’re having so much fun. i guess this is the music that goes with the image i posted two entries ago. enjoy!

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please […]

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blogathon: now you get to watch the music move

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

this is bluesman john mayall, pretty much the way i first saw him perform for the first time back in … 1971, i think. i know, he’s not using exactly the same instruments as the guys in my last post … hey, maybe i should find some you tube video for that kind of […]

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blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 3

July 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

this little imaginative piece about my ideal writing weekend is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. […]

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blogathon: my ideal writing weekend, part 2

July 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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blogathon: my ideal writing weekend

July 26th, 2008 · 6 Comments

my ideal writing weekend … mmmmhh …. what a lovely thing to write about …
this is my entry for the my ideal writing weekend contest. (if you’d like to participate, too, just click on the link!)
this is what it looks like:
… so i wake up in the morning, having slept in an incredibly soft […]

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Tags: blogs of note · creativity: poetry, art, etc.

blogathon: creativity and schizophrenia

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

(this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by clicking the link;if […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · depression and mental illness

blogathon: 15 books i treasure

July 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · psychological research and other things academic · spirituality · therapy

blogathon: arts in vancouver

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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Tags: creativity: poetry, art, etc. · news and events

blogathon: a piece of novel

July 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment

this is an entry for my participation in the 2008 blogathon, a 24-hour marathon of blogging. please support the cause and donate – however much, however little – to the canadian mental health association (vancouver/burnaby branch). to donate, email me or use this URL: www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=d2252. you should be able to get there by […]

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blogathon: about poetry

July 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

this poem about poetry is a contribution from susan trapp:
what poetry should be
susan trapp
poetry should sing the song
that needs to be sung
in our hearts.
poetry should celebrate
our successes and our failures.
poetry should be the prayer
our soul needs to pray
in the darkest moments
of our lives.
poetry should remember
the happy times
as well as the sad times.
when we are […]

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