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The Zen of scratching your ass

Your breathing slows, thoughts scatter into nonsense, and tension seeps out of your tired body. Finally. Sleep. You sigh and sink deeper into the pillow and turn your face a little to the side. Finally, you breathe, as you drift off. Someone’s knocking at the door. Or is it the window? A drip, drip, drip [...]

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Got voices in your head? Me too

This morning, I didn’t have a clear-cut plan for my workday. I had three or four must-do tasks, three or four probably-should-do tasks, and three or four in-an-ideal-world tasks, but none of them had deadlines. There were a few other options—like go back to bed—that were infinitely more appealing. “No. You just have to do [...]

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Rednecks: They Aren’t Just an American Phenomenon

Summer 2000. A backpack, a tent, and a sleeping bag on my back. My passport, a railpass, and the Traveler’s Guide to European Camping on my front along with the de rigueur water bottle, some lip balm, and a wallet in my day bag. I was traveling around Europe for three months, by myself, to [...]

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Let go of judgment: five tips for letting love in

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing, and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there. –Rumi We humans categorize, name, and label things to make sense of the world: clouds are white, the sun is warm, dogs are furry, crackers are crunchy, roses emit an odor. We attach names to things and group them [...]

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Popular blogger attempts suicide, blames social media and friends but leaves 5 tips for readers

Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. — Buddha L’Imagine, France—A writer and social media expert well-known for witty commentary, stories of his travels abroad, and advice for the lost and lonely was found gasping in [...]

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