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John

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About Me

I am enjoying the third stage of life--living. It's time to travel, time to share joys with others. I take responsibility for my own life; I don't blame others. I create value in my own life and the lives of those around me through the practice of Buddhism. My first book came out in September, 2007. I am working on the next one now.

Find out where I will be or put in a request for a booksigning, reading or other event at BookTour or AuthorsDen .

See what I am reading (once I add something) and what I have reviewed by others on my 'read' shelf:

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Daisaku Ikeda, one more time.

My Blog

A Summer in Silver City

After traveling a circuitous route in order to place free copies of Waiting for Westmoreland in many SGI-USA community centers across middle America, we have arrived in Silver City, New Mexico. It's s...
Posted by on Thu, 22 May 2008 17:24:00 GMT

Jackies Experience

This is a very long post. It is one of many incarnations of the life of Jackie. It’s not new, but it’s new to most of you. I delivered it at a monthly meeting held at the Northern Virginia...
Posted by on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:56:00 GMT

At Walt Disney World, the Customer is Always Wrong

We had an enjoyable time at Walt Disneyworld this February, save for one sour taste their customer service left in our mouths--and in our pocket book. Disney puts on a great show, treats patrons graci...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Torquemada salutes Bush for veto

Normally, I don't post the same item here and on my Views from Eagle Peak blog and certainly never on the same day. But since I thought highly of this one, I am doing it anyway. This just in from...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:28:00 GMT

Widdershins

Do dreams mean anything to you? Much of the time, at least for those I can recall, my dreams incorporate people and events or situations that are currently occupying the conscious mind. Sometimes they...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:30:00 GMT

Merging

It started innocently enough. As couples remain together, they naturally acquire the knack of completing each other's thoughts--each other's sentences. They respond and think in similar fashions to co...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:01:00 GMT

New story line

I am on Tengo Internet--very slow, low signal strength, in Pecan Park RV park north of Jacksonville right now. Headed for the Happy Bookseller in Columbia, SC for an event at 5 p.m. tomorrow. It has b...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 15:26:00 GMT

Road Trip

Hey everybody, we are in Sunny Florida right now, back in 10 days. Posts will be infrequent in the meantime.
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:50:00 GMT

What Did We Do Before the Cell Phone

A reprint from my non-MySpace blog: What did we do before the cell phone? Shopping, walking, driving, so alone. How did we manage with thoughts only our own? All those hours we spentaway from a phone...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:55:00 GMT

Chinese food in cartons--AGAIN!

I suppose this could have been in Movies, TV and Celebrities, but it really is mostly about writing. Perhaps mine is the only household in America (or the entire world) that actually puts Chinese food...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:11:00 GMT