Summarizing a brief communication I had from Mary Stares this evening after her day in the hospital with Abbot Steve: As mentioned in the last post,...
October 17 Update (Part 1)
Some good news today, at last: Abbot Steve's pain level has come more under control, from an "8" earlier this week to a "2" late yesterday. It's the...
October 17 Update (Part 2)
From Mary Stares: Dear Friends, I spent some time with Steve and Lane today at the hospital. Generally speaking Abbot Steve seemed much more...
October 14 Update
Dear Friends, Yesterday morning (Sunday, October 13th) Lane took Abbot Steve to the emergency room because of fever and inflammation on his legs....
Jukai: Lay Ordination, October 5
Photo by Renshin Bunce Preceptors Ryushin Paul Haller, Shosan Victoria Austin and Anshin Rosalie Curtis held a jukai, or lay ordination ceremony,...
Mining Maturity: An Interview with Jeffrey Schneider on Older Men and Sailing to Byzantium
Looking back over many years of life, what do we glean from reviewing the many joys and losses encountered, and how does this maturity relate to...
October 13: Archive Photo
Expanded photo from the Compassionate Earth Walk last month, which Steve discussed at some length in his recent talk at Green Gulch Farm, titled...
October 11 Update
Dear Friends, Abbot Steve had his first chemotherapy treatment today at Kaiser in Santa Rosa. It consisted of two different chemicals, the...
October 10 Update
Dear Ones, It seems impossible that only 10 days have passed since Lane and I received the report that the CAT scan results showed lesions and a...