June 21, 2017 (Wednesday)

June 20, 2018

For last night’s summer solstice we actually had partly clear skies and a wonderful sunset. It was hot, but overnight the temperature dropped considerably and I didn’t have the A/C on at all. In the late afternoon I carried two patio chairs, the heavy glass table, the umbrella, and its cast iron base up the […]

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June 20, 2017 (Tuesday)

June 19, 2018

Heavy, wet, low skies in the wake of overnight storms. Cold bathwater instead of warm. Air that’s hard to breathe because it has so much water in it. Some actual clouds are trying to differentiate themselves near the horizon – Zephyr is busy – but overall, all is drably, uniformly weltering in submarine gray. Water, […]

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June 19, 2017 (Monday)

June 18, 2018

Everything is wrapped in gray. (The word miasma continues to present itself to my mind.) It’s a typical New England summer’s morning. That is: humid, overcast, sun not yet getting through, the skies threatening to send down rain. Actually, not even as direct as “threatening.” More like, “The skies leaking moisture as though afflicted with […]

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June 18, 2017 (Sunday)

June 17, 2018

I skimmed a local news article about Salem State University’s choice for a new president. Apparently the committee plans to put forward a white male, described by Avi Chomsky as part of the good old boy network. The man chosen was favored over a woman with a Hispanic-sounding name. Chomsky’s name resonated because I remembered […]

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June 17, 2017 (Saturday)

June 16, 2018

This morning, before doing any of this (sitting down to meditate or to write morning pages), I unplugged an extension cord from the outlet on the living room mantle, and in doing so knocked down a large, simple clear-glass, but prettily footed, classic vase, which of course broke into many pieces as it hit the […]

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June 16, 2017 (Friday)

June 15, 2018

Yesterday was one of those completely refreshing days of clear, crisp light, friendly temperatures, and – especially by late afternoon – a cleansing, sweeping breeze which almost intensified into a storm. Very yang weather, I loved it. I went for a walk past the library and through downtown before taking a left down W.-Street to […]

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June 15, 2017 (Thursday)

June 14, 2018

I am emptied and turned inside out. My body is a reflective surface, bereft of will and volition, a mirror only to what it is fed from the “outside” in the form of news and media. The inside is outside, and there is no inside behind this surface. This is why and how it’s possible […]

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June 14, 2017 (Wednesday)

June 13, 2018

What a difference an overnight drop in temperature of 30º (thirty! degrees!) makes. It was still incredibly sticky and muggy at 11p.m. last night, so we left the A/C on, but at 3a.m. I got up and turned it off (it wasn’t actually cooling/ running at this point) and went through the house opening many […]

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June 13, 2017 (Tuesday)

June 12, 2018

It’s testimony to how badly I felt yesterday that I could only manage two pages. The day did not improve. I didn’t rage or cry, or throw things, or get in my car and drive at top speed down the highway (congestion permitting), wondering if I should just run off the road, run away, run […]

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June 12, 2017 (Monday)

June 11, 2018

Yesterday I wondered whether meditation is easier when you’re really tired, if perhaps the mind is slower and less rarin’ to go. Yesterday I was well-rested when I sat down to meditate. Today, not so much. (Meditation wasn’t “easier,” either.) I woke up way too early, knew it was useless to try to sleep some […]

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