by Katharine Kaufman | Nov 18, 2016 | today
Steve and I went to a yoga retreat on our first weekend away together. Ojo Caliente. Our plan was to stop at Hokoji Zendo. Steve made fresh carrot juice and picked me up in his raspberry Chevy. We stopped at this giant crack in the earth. I can barely see the Rio...
by Katharine Kaufman | Oct 23, 2016 | today
I’ve been collecting outside evidence of the Buddha’s “First Noble Truth”, which is inspired here by Allen Ginsberg in his great poem/song, “Gospel Noble Truths”: “Born in this world You got to suffer Everything changes You got no soul…” * I’ve...
by Katharine Kaufman | Oct 10, 2016 | today
LIVING BODY doesn’t have to be a burden. Look closely. Hello, hello. Who are you? What do you do? We pump at her as if she were a well. We tell pain, Go away! You don’t matter! You don’t exist! The body thinks She wants me gone…and tries to flee, creates a dis...
by Katharine Kaufman | Sep 27, 2016 | today
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...
by Katharine Kaufman | Sep 13, 2016 | today
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....
by Katharine Kaufman | Aug 30, 2016 | today
Friday. I ride my old tan bike early to the clinic. Cool breeze. Heart pumps. Breath breath breath breath breath. Left pedal keeps sliding almost off so I lift up foot, and kick the side of pedal in place. Elder Latino man, safety vest and stop sign, walks in middle...
