July 2025

Places where I’ve lived have cast their own unique vibrations at dawn. My morning walks have been different in the fifteen or twenty countries where I have taken them, depending on where I was, who I was with. The Buddha implies that all suffering comes by way of comparison. At this stage of my life, I disagree. Comparing those distinct walks is one of my great contemplations. Almost always a dog has been involved. Either mine or a neighbor’s or maybe a lost dog trotting, searching. I’ve met some of my favorite dogs by pure accident while walking down some… Read more