About Me and How I Write

I have been practicing Zen meditation in the Japanese Soto lineage for five years. I am no teacher. I claim no great knowledge or understanding of the tradition. My writing helps me to reflect on the nature of Zen. More importantly, I have written many pieces here about my wife and her death from cancer just over four years ago. I appreciate you coming to my site and I welcome your questions or comments.

About how I write. I've come to my own thoughts about how to write as I do. In many cases, I do not use punctuation, and limit my use of prepositions and conjunctions. This allows for a more open-ended form which allows any reader to determine for themselves the meaning I may or may not have in a particular piece. I do not mean to be clever. As with many art forms, the meaning is left up to the hearer, reader, or viewer.