Essays & Short Stories
27 pieces
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FORCED MARCH
The regiment had started to disintegrate at about the 15-mile mark. It was a strange expe…
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THE TREES AND THE LIGHT
I’m taking a walk in a Redwood Forest. It is still morning, and the light angling through…
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THE KING’S DESK
Having heard of the defeat of his brother by the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, Joesph…
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YOU CAN NEVER THANK YOUR MOTHER ENOUGH
I read this while riding on the subway into work one day. My wife and I had recently had…
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A PLACE TO SIT
Early in the twentieth century we thought,
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MOVE IN DAY
When I was 5 we moved into our new house on top of a hill.
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WAIT, WHAT?
In January I made an appointment to see a doctor.
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CALL CENTER
I’m out on a trail walking the dogs
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LAST WISH
My grandmother lay dying in the bedroom of the house she and my grandfather built.
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MAN UP
I quit graduate school in Minnesota,
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LIVING TOGETHER
A supreme court justice and former Governor of New York,
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AMBITION
I was getting into a Lyft the other day when I said to Julie,
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CUTTING GRASS
I took a job cutting grass one summer because I was addicted to the smell of cut grass an…
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WARNER
Warner rode in my brother’s backpack. He was a cat my brother befriended in college. He a…
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REVOLUTION
We have had too much for too long now,
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CRYING
Everyone is suffering. You may have heard this before and so hopefully by now you have so…
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PRAYER
At some point in his later years,
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TIME TO MAKE A CHANGE
After Mr. Miyagi showed up in Daniel’s life in The Karate Kid, a lot of people started sh…
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DEEP REALITY EXISTS IN TRAINING THE HEART AND MIND
Oku myo zai ren shin are the characters painted on the inside of my garage door.
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IMPOSTER SYNDROME
I’ve practiced karate and meditation for 1–3 hours a day for years. I used to practice a…
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DAMATTE KEIKO
This framed print is at the entrance way to my dojo.
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SUPERHEROES
There’s a book by Michael Chabon called, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay. In on…
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ENJOY IT!
My dad, who was sitting in the stands, stood up and yelled this to me from the stands in…
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NELL
The idea of Joy in Buddhism is considered to be immeasurable or limitless,
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SHANNON
During the summer of 1996 I turned 5 years old. That same summer the American Girl’s Gymn…
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NOBODY’S PERFECT
How do you lead in a country like this one?
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ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK
“Look at the light”
