Kitchen Sink
My favorite summertime window is at the kitchen sink, sometimes I stand there for hours after all the bowls are washed.
Through the rusted screen a breeze caress my face, softly shaping my mouth into a smile. Briefly everything melts away leaving only the moment in which to dwell.
The tree branches heavily covered in green […]
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Praying For Potatoes
Standing on this corner with a tooth pick in my ear when along came this preachers kid, wearing a pork pie hat praying for potatoes
“Potatoes” I exclaimed,what will you do if you get them? Ha! She shouted and handed me a five pound bag of Brooklyn’s best spuds.
Imeadiatly I crossed the street becoming […]
The difference between detachment and non-attachment may seem slight but in reality the two could no be more different. Today’s 100 word story is entitled Detachment, Enjoy!
Detachment
“Open it up Frankie” I said, “open up your stinkn mind.”
“For Christs sake can”t you ever shut up.” Frankie shot back.
Smiling, I shrugged, again I’d been sucked into my […]
Moons Reflection
The moon reflected in the pond.
Its stillness perplexed me, was this a reflection or really the moon itself.
A fish jumped causing the water to ripple in every direction, yet the moon remained still even as my anxiety mounted.
Another day passed into evening with the moon returning to the pond.
I laid wrapped in knotty rope […]
If we ever need a reminder that impermanence sometimes seems static we need only look at the pain in our knees during Zazen. Today’s 100 word story is entitled Knees Exploding, Enjoy!
Knees Exploding
My screams teetered on the edge of my lips as my knees threatened to explode.
I imagined a monumental crippling expression of catastrophic proportions, […]
Zen talks about each moment arising and if we understand this then each time we meet someone it is for the first time.Each time we see something it is for the first time.
I wonder how different I treat people I meet for the first time to those I have met hundreds of times. Think how […]
Sometimes it’s a loud whack that opens our mind to reality. Today’s 100 word story is entitled A Loud Whack, Enjoy!
A Loud Whack
“It’s something and yet nothing” Angie said, “what do you mean something yet nothing” I asked? She smiled saying” the peace you’re feeling right now.”
A terror overcame me, she knew what I […]
Reality comes in many forms, if we look closely all those forms may be the same. Today’s 100 word story is entitled Glass Vase, Enjoy!
Glass Vase
caressing the vase filled me with astonishment, the glass offering homage to the light that danced from all directions.
Knelling down I wrapped my arms around this strange and beautiful glass […]
Those doors just keep appearing in our path. Today’s 100 word story is entitled Silent Thunder, Enjoy!
Silent Thunder
Lost and wandering in a NYC alley I noticed one lone bulb, its naked cast upon a lone door labeled Silent Thunder. I went in.
To my amazement the room was only 3 feet wide. On each side […]
