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The Ballad of Pangur Bán

One of the strange byproducts of being even slightly famous is that certain stories from your own life become apocryphal tales over time as they are told again and again, each time with more embellishments added. One such tale, based on a true story, is that when I was a high school student in America,… Read More ›

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The Diamond of the Mind

I tried to stop him but he continued on as unrelentingly persistent as any used car salesman. “You’ve got to get to the deeper level, Sam. When you realize that, you’ll know we’re all connected.” Yes indeed. I’ve starting calling it (to myself of course, so as not to offend) Buddhism Lite. It has all… Read More ›

Gypsy Don’t

If you’ve given a “like” to this blog’s Facebook page (see the right-hand sidebar), you saw that a couple of days ago I put up a link to an article entitled The Gypsy In Me from the New York Times. It was written by a young woman in excellent English (a nice change of pace… Read More ›