Christopher P. Kriesen

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Protecting judges is essential to our families, and our democracy.

03/11/2020

20/10/2020

For my recent birthday, a friend gave me a painting by her, and when I looked at the backside, I realized how much it held. I don’t know if we have a good working definition of friendship, so I will offer one: a relationship between two people who understand each other (but not completely), accept each other (but not foolishly), and walk together (figuratively). [ 155 more words ]

For my recent birthday, a friend gave me a painting by her, and when I looked at the backside, I realized how much it held. I don’t know if we have a good working definition of friendship, so I wil…

14/10/2020

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Afternoon

14/10/2020

Mt. Baker/Mt. Analog “You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. One climbs, one sees. One descends, one sees no longer, but one has seen. There is an art of conducting oneself in the lower regions by the memory of what one saw higher up. When one can no longer see, one can at least still know.” Rene Daumal

Mt. Baker/Mt. Analog “You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again. So why bother in the first place? Just this: What is above knows what is below, but what is below does not …

26/08/2020

Many pre-dawn mornings I have walked into the zendo hall at Zen Mountain Monastery during sesshin thinking I might be first, but if Zuisei was in resistance, she would also be there before me, settled in and deep in mediation. I would wonder what she was thinking, but probably she was not thinking of anything - her mind was probably still. [ 122 more words ]

Many pre-dawn mornings I have walked into the zendo hall at Zen Mountain Monastery during sesshin thinking I might be first, but if Zuisei was in resistance, she would also be there before me, sett…

12/08/2020

mShaking hands, hugging a friend, kissing a cheek.

mShaking hands, hugging a friend, kissing a cheek.