Overhanging the gorge are great angular outcroppings of volcanic rock—solid and sharp-edged protrusions from some long-ago eruption of Lassen or some other volcano in the area.
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meditation
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The word ‘dialogue’ is so overused and misused that it is no longer useful. Too many people mean too many things by the term. I prefer the word enquiry (‘inquiry’…
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It’s near dusk, and the parkland seems to be full of Cooper’s hawks. At one point on the path, a large, brown, stipple-winged hawk takes off from the path ahead…
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Though the stream is rather chilly in the morning, I’m warm from the bike ride, so I wade in, sandals protecting my feet from the stones. Without a second thought…
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Hermeneutics is a fancy philosophy word for interpretation. Humans are, Western philosophers tell us ad nauseum, ‘hermeneutical creatures,’ endlessly and inevitably interpreting experience.
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The green waters of the reservoir are like glass. On the surrounding ridges, motionless pines tower over the man-made lake and reflect off the surface of the water with mirror-like…
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Solid sheets of water pelt the roofs and cascade off patio overhangs in veritable walls off water. The intensity of the downpour is unexpected, exciting and awe-inspiring. Standing in the…
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Long before the Genesis story, people put ‘man’ at the center of the universe. That’s true even now, after astronomers have discovered an incomprehensibly vast and diverse universe. Humans are…