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Working Under the Hood

September 3, 2010

Just a quick note to let you know I’m doing some major back-end work here at Solitary Zen. I’ve installed a new WordPress framework and I’m trying to get the design worked out. I thank you in advance for your patience.

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Slow Going

August 30, 2010

I’ve been only mildly surprised by the fact I’ve been slow to muster much energy to get back to blogging and social networking. Beyond a cursory “I’m back!” post and a scattered tweet or two, I’ve just not found the energy or inclination to resume “regularly scheduled programming.” I suspect this may hold true through [...]

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Digital Sabbatical

July 22, 2010

In an effort to recalibrate several aspects of my personal, creative and professional life, I have decided to take a “digital sabbatical” starting at 12:01AM Saturday July 24, 2010 and running through 12:01AM Monday August 23, 2010. During this time, I will not be updating Twitter, Facebook, my blog or the Solitary Zen site. E-mail [...]

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It is Now or Never

July 18, 2010

To understand the immeasurable, the mind must be extraordinarily quiet, still; but if I think I am going to achieve stillness at some future date, I have destroyed the possibility of stillness. It is now or never. – Jiddu Krishnamurti

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Sitting Still

July 16, 2010

I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man’s being unable to sit still in a room. – Blaise Pascal

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Knowledge and Compassion

July 9, 2010

Western civilizations these days place great importance on filling the human brain with knowledge, but no one seems to care about filling the human heart with compassion. – His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

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Sandstorm

June 21, 2010

“Sometimes fate is like a small sandstorm that keeps changing directions. You change direction but the sandstorm chases you. You turn again, but the storm adjusts. Over and over you play this out, like some ominous dance with death before dawn. Why? Because this storm isn’t something that blew in from far away, something that [...]

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Site Reboot

June 16, 2010

Finally got ’round to doing a proper “reboot” of the Solitary Zen site. Please check back soon for updated content!

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