One of the many down sides of being overweight is sleep apnea. Each night, I have to put on a face mask and have pressurized air blown into my nose to ensure that I don’t stop breathing while I sleep. Tonight, as I get ready to go to bed, I find this waiting for me. [...]
Archive for the ‘Family’ Category
There’s a Bear in my Bed!
Posted in Family, Humor, tagged family, humor, kids on November 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
A Good Answer
Posted in Buddhism, Family, tagged Buddhism, kids, Seung Sahn, Zen on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the four books I’m reading right now is Dropping Ashes on the Buddha: the teachings of Zen Master Seung Sahn. It is a great book full of different records of Seung Sahn’s interactions with his students. The title of the book is taken from one of the stories that Zen Master Seung Sahn would tell: one day a big man [...]
Saba
Posted in Family, tagged photography, photos, Saba, vacation on April 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Saba, a set on Flickr. Pics of the beautiful island where I was on vacation. Enjoy!
Heading Home
Posted in Family, tagged family, impermanence, meditation, Saba on April 21, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been on vacation for the last week. I’ve got a lot to write about but today, I’m heading home. We’ve been enjoying the beauty of Saba, a small island in the Dutch Caribbean. It’s where my wife grew up. We’ve been able to introduce the kids to family they’d never met, seen family we [...]
I Love My Wife
Posted in Family, tagged family, love on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I love my wife. I couldn’t have gotten to where I am now without her love and support. Happy Valentines Day sweetheart. I love you.
Let It Snow
Posted in Family, Meditation, Mindfulness, tagged creativity, family, meditation, mindfulness, quinoa on February 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As you may have heard, we got a bit of snow here in the U.S. recently. It was only a foot or so here in Maine and it fit rather nicely on top of the foot we already had on the ground. Needless to say, today was spent securely indoors and out of the cold. It was [...]
Facing The Fear
Posted in Family, Weight Loss, tagged exercise, family, pain, snowborading, weight loss on January 11, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today I learn how to snow board. Or at least I’ll try to learn. I’m not a huge fan of winter activities and skiing/snowboarding are not my idea of fun or safe ways to spend the day. Once, when I was much younger I went skiing and it was a bit of a disaster. I [...]
On A Train
Posted in Family, tagged family, happiness, mindfulness on January 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’m writing this while sitting on a train to Boston. My family from Ohio is up here with us and that means doing touristy things. This and the snowboarding lessons tomorrow are the two big highlights of the trip. Yesterday, we went around Portland and I showed them some of the things that make it [...]
The Power of Bread
Posted in Family, Weight Loss, tagged Baking, Bread, happiness, health, healthy cooking, quinoa, vegetarianism, weight loss on December 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The other day, we had a friend over for dinner. This is someone who shares my (new) taste in food and I love it when she comes over for dinner since it means I get eat the food I’ve made with someone else. My wife can’t usually eat what I do for a number of [...]
What a Week
Posted in Family, tagged family, health, healthy cooking, mindfulness, suffering, vacation, vegetarianism on November 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wow. That’s about all I can say at this point. It’s been an amazing week full of family and fun and lots of opportunities to practice right action and be mindful about what I’m doing. Wow. I’ve just returned from a great week in San Diego with my family. We spent Thanksgiving there and had [...]
