Returning

   Last Wednesday. The dogs. Mostly lost. Zippy, Jack Russell, in the alley ran zig- zagging and in circles. Got him into our yard, until his person came. Wire-haired terrier raced across Mountain View. When I returned Sally to her yard, later that day, after a moment...

taking the backward step

 Learn the backward step that turns your light inwardly to illuminate your self. Body and mind will drop away, and your original face will be manifest. ~Eihei Dogen I walk three steps forward and then think, ‘ I look good in tights’, then take two steps back....