Here is a linked list of all the blog entries, old and new, with a brief note about each. Searching this page may help locate a particular post.
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- The Third Tale (2012-2013)
- JamesBaquet.com (2009)
- The Weebly Blog (2008-2009)
- The Realize! Journal (2006)
The Third Tale (2012-2013)
One of the best blogs I ever wrote--and certainly the coolest design. Thank you, Weebly!
- 2013-05-11: Othello: Stray Questions (in case you ever have to write a paper--or teach a class!)
- 2013-05-11: My New Project: Shakespeare's Plays (I tried to read and watch them all at a rate of one per week; but life intervened)
- 2012-09-26: The Heart Sutra (my primary practice for many years)
- 2012-06-09: Wellesley High grads told: "You’re not special" (a nice reality check)
- 2012-04-22: How to Live (your best life)
- 2012-04-21: How the Southwest Saved My Life, Part I (the healing power of place)
- 2012-04-16: "Face Every Day Like Your Hair Was on Fire": Remembering Robert Urich (my great friend)
- 2012-04-14: "Religion is the Smile on a Dog" (thanks, Mrs. Simon)
- 2012-04-14: Stevie Smith, "Not Waving But Drowning" (a devastating poem)
- 2012-04-14: Heart Stone, La Cienega, New Mexico (an eloquent symbol)
- 2012-04-13: Sunflowers in a Vase (apologies to Vincent)
- 2012-04-13: R.I.P. Dr. Kenneth Locke (one of my finest professors, gone too soon)
- 2012-04-12: Bodie GHOST Town (exposing double)
- 2012-04-09: Religion for a New Millennium: A Manifesto (my phormer philosophy)
- 2012-04-08: A Stone Girl Dancing (when a picture is worth two poems)
- 2012-04-08: My 19th Veggi-versary (think how many critters I've saved! Now over 30 years and counting.)
- 2012-04-08: Moneyless Living (it can be done)
- 2012-04-07: Happy Easter: The Story Behind the Picture (not the Easter bunny)
- 2012-04-06: The Veggie Monk (one day at Shaolin Temple)
- 2012-04-04: Putting Lipstick on the Buddha (ain't he purdy?)
- 2012-04-04: Did you know? (unverified observations about God and America)
- 2012-04-03: Can You See the Stars in the Daytime? (an illustration from Sri Ramakrishna)
- 2012-04-03: Vairocana at Longmen (the face of Empress Wu Zetian?)
- 2012-04-03: The Gift of the Flute (this picture is worth more than a thousand words)
- 2012-04-03: Erin Dertner's "Easel Events" (beauty in my inbox, but no longer available)
- 2012-04-03: Some "Spiritual Cartoons" from FaceBook (laughing your way to enlightenment)
- 2012-04-03: More on Master Xuyun (θδΊ), "Empty Cloud" (one of the truly greats)
- 2012-04-02: Death of Master Ben Huan (ζ¬η): The End of an Era (perhaps the last living disciple of Master Xuyun)
- 2012-04-02: Beginning at "The End" (The Beatles on karma)
- 2012-04-02: The Third Tale (yet another blog)
JamesBaquet.com (2009)
Just a very "I went here, I did this" bloggy blog
- 2009-11-17: Where have you been? (A whimper; redirect to Facebook)
- 2009-10-13: Braggin' (Lila's terra cotta pic in NatGeo)
- 2009-08-27: Please standby (142 project takes over; but an empty promise is made anyway)
- 2009-08-01b: Choose Wisely (ATM screen entirely in Chinese)
- 2009-08-01a: Catching Up (Dapeng Fortress with the Allens; discovery of 142 list in Sun Shuyun)
- 2009-07-28: Indian Music (With Aswini and Sudha in OCT)
- 2009-07-27: On Excalibur (Thoughts on Boorman's film)
- 2009-07-24: Look Who's a Meatless Celeb! (Accolades on a Meatless Monday page)
- 2009-07-23: Cool, Clear...EH?! (No water in Yashi Lou all day)
- 2009-07-22: Recharging the Batteries (A quiet day at home, writing, reading (Zen Baggage…), thinking)
- 2009-07-21: A Trip to Town Today, and a Trip to Guangzhou Soon (Zen Baggage and "Wayne's Dhamma Blog")
- 2009-07-20: My Birthday Weekend (and books, and films) (Four films, Education of Little Tree, Classmates)
- 2009-07-18: Home Again (Trouble checking in luggage)
- 2009-07-16: Next stop: Hong Kong! (Preparing to leave Rosemead; KJ)
- 2009-07-15: Doubly Blessed (Wayne and Robert Smitheram)
- 2009-07-14: Birthday Party I (A Mexican dinner)
- 2009-07-13: Visiting Day (Lila's family, David Thom)
- 2009-07-12: Rip and Scan (CDs, photos, papers; upgrades to the site)
- 2009-07-10: A Busy Day, and Old Home Week (Trip to storage; Julie, Sandy, Ken Rickard)
- 2009-07-09: You Too, Youku? (Watched TV; found a Chinese site blocked in America! Irony.)
- 2009-07-08: In Transit Tuesday to Tuesday, July 7 (Transit tales including a Vietnamese nun)
- 2009-07-07: Go Go Ganesh! (Praying my way out of a traffic jam)
- 2009-07-06: Mostly Movies and Presently Packing (John Wayne, Mr. Toad, and more!)
- 2009-07-03: Feels Like Home (Running into old friends in the CBD)
- 2009-07-02: "Master" VCD (A call from Venerable Chuan Dong)
- 2009-07-01: Eat, Sleep, Type (Getting ahead before going to the U.S.)
- 2009-06-30: The Graveyard Book (Another Neil Gaiman classic)
- 2009-06-29: Serene Sunday and Mild Monday (End of semester doings)
- 2009-06-28: Bye Bye Buffy (Sort Of) (Sweeping up the series)
- 2009-06-26: Let the sumptuousness begin! (Vacation begins)
- 2009-06-25: A Blah Buffet, and They Take My Kodachrome Away (School dinners and the end of a product)
- 2009-06-24: Adios, Amigo (Martin Juaristi moves to Tianjin)
- 2009-06-23: It's Hot (Summer solstice in the tropics)
- 2009-06-22: Happy Solstice! (House party: summer foods and Rat Race with Stefano and fam, Alan, Aswini, and Sudha)
- 2009-06-20: Miracle Meals (A new veg place in OCT)
- 2009-06-19: In Praise of Beans and Rice (A family tradition continues)
- 2009-06-18: September Twilight (Shakespeare or vampires?)
- 2009-06-17: "Security Device" Secured (Misdirected mail)
- 2009-06-16: A Red-Letter Tuesday (Visa and contract)
- 2009-06-15: Monday Monday ("bluebaby" URL on a store)
- 2009-06-14: Sweaty Sunday (Mexican food and sightseeing in Shekou)
- 2009-06-13: A Lazy Saturday (Stayed home; watched most of The Namesake, then Kill Bill I)
- 2009-06-12: Another Mega-Post (Like the weekly newsletter)
- 2009-06-06: June 6, 2009: Content Summary (A week's worth of daily)
- 2009-05-27: Welcome! (Another well-intentioned plan)
The Weebly Blog (2008-2009)
Mostly spiritual stuff, with special emphasis on something called "The Path"
- 2009-03-20: A One-Question Quiz about the Equinox (Is it the start of summer?)
- 2009-03-08: Celebrating Lila! (A lost "Flash" video)
- 2009-02-25: Twitterers: Are you thinking about following me? (Ground rules)
- 2009-02-25: Today is the first day of the next year of your life (When is "new years"?)
- 2009-02-24: "The Midas Touch" (Can money buy happiness?)
- 2009-02-22: "Your Last Lecture" (Pay Attention. Play Nice. Wise Up.)
- 2009-02-20: And the Winner is... (The 2009 Oscars)
- 2008-11-28: The Two Birds: Honesty, Veracity, Equanimity: Part III (A Virtue List)
- 2008-11-12: Honesty, Veracity, Equanimity: Part II (A Virtue List)
- 2008-11-10: Honesty, Veracity, Equanimity: Part I (A Virtue List)
- 2008-11-07: That's Bob!: Coming Full Circle (Duplicates a post made in August 2006)
- 2008-10-31: "Trick or Treat"--East Asian Style (A transplanted tradition)
- 2008-10-29: Gross National Happiness (What makes a people happy?)
- 2008-10-27: A Visit to Dapeng (Buddhist or folk?)
- 2008-10-24: "Don't call me your family names!" (Confucian hierarchies)
- 2008-10-22: "Spiritual AND Religious" (The Path again)
- 2008-10-20: A Little Illustration of Impermanence (Faces on a train)
- 2008-10-17: Anger Management (A biological excuse?)
- 2008-10-15: Things that make you STOP going "hmmm…" (This is China)
- 2008-10-13: Why I keep teaching (All you need is... love?)
- 2008-10-10: Of Ghosts and Spirits: A Question from a Chinese Christian (When superstitions collide)
- 2008-10-08: China's not what you think it is… (Or is it?)
- 2008-10-06: Universals (vs Cultural vs Personal)
- 2008-09-29: Welcome! (The usual promises, and "The Path")
The Realize! Journal (2006)
From the old "You Are That" site, with a lot of posts centering on a one-week stay at a mountain temple teaching English to around 100 kids
- 2007-08-02: Off to Yangzhou (Reference)
- 2007-07-24: Transferred Posts (References)
- 2007-07-20: The Boy is Back in Town (A brief return to Shenzhen)
- 2007-07-18: Pain and Suffering (Are they absolutely necessary?))
- 2007-07-17: Another birthday in a temple (Same but different)
- 2007-05-16: Off to Yangzhou (How I got my New Job)
- 2007-05-12: Party #3 (We just couldn't stop...)
- 2007-05-07: Lila's Philippine Photo Albums (A gathering of Flickr pages)
- 2007-05-06: Two Pilgrimages (In which one spouse visits a historical site, and the other hits a mega-mall)
- 2007-05-05: Wedding Party II (Meet the Family)
- 2007-05-04: And Down We Go Again (Back to the flatlands of Manila)
- 2007-05-03: Finally, Diego! (We start out with disappointment, and end on a high note)
- 2007-05-02: Doing Baguio (A day of good food and sightseeing)
- 2007-05-01: The Bus to Baguio (In which I meet a real Filipino)
- 2007-04-30: Off to Manila (Three people on a honeymoon)
- 2007-04-29: Da Nupchals (In which Lila and I get hitched)
- 2007-04-26: YAAAYYYYY!!!!...ugh... (Getting Married)
- 2007-04-24: Threads on the Web (Links to then-sites)
- 2007-04-22: Gathering Up the Threads of My Life (Announcement)
- 2006-08-06: Cause and Effect (Dun Chao revives a temple)
- 2006-08-05: That's Bob! (A boy healed, a happy ending)
- 2006-08-04: The Sutra Study Continues (Bare announcement)
- 2006-08-03: At the Feet of Master Ji Qun (Jiqun's Q & A with the kidz)
- 2006-08-02: "It's Just a Tale" (Two stories of a statue of Darifo)
- 2006-07-31: I'm Back (Again) (Back in China, with book purchases)
- 2006-07-25: Uposatha Day (That's all)
- 2006-07-24: On the Road Again...Again (Off to L.A.)
- 2006-07-23b: "No!" (HYT: The Role of Challenge in Chinese Buddhism)
- 2006-07-23a: That's Debatable (HYT: The Role of Debate in Chinese Buddhism)
- 2006-07-22b: The Great Sun Buddha Shines Everywhere (HYT: Vairochana)
- 2006-07-22a: "Make This World a Pure Land" (HYT: The Medicine Buddha as healer)
- 2006-07-21b: People at Hua Yen Temple (HYT: Wus, monks, kidz, performances)
- 2006-07-21a: July 21: Postscript (HYT: Closing ceremonies (without us))
- 2006-07-20: July 20: A Tour before Going Home (HYT: Kobo Daishi Memorial Hall and Di Zang Temple)
- 2006-07-19: July 19: Excursions, and student performances (HYT: walks)
- 2006-07-18: July 18: Class, meeting a master, and tea (HYT: Master Jiqun at the hermitage)
- 2006-07-17b: July 17: Opening Ceremony and My Birthday Party (HYT: start of program and "surprise")
- 2006-07-17a: Happy Birthday to Us! (Birthday Buddies)
- 2006-07-16: July 16: Relaxing (HYT: Little to report)
- 2006-07-15: July 15: Arrival and Introductions (HYT: Meeting kids and monks)
- 2006-07-14c: July 14: The Flight to Fuzhou (HYT: And a night in a hotel)
- 2006-07-14b: Huayan Temple (HYT: Trip overview)
- 2006-07-14a: "Hello, I Must Be Going..." (July-August travel plans)
- 2006-07-13: Guru-Bhakti (Is it okay to worship a teacher?)
- 2006-07-12: American Gods (Neil Gaiman's book)
- 2006-07-11: How to Be Happy: Lesson 1 (Non-attachment; big uposatha)
- 2006-07-10: Cletus' Bible: Cletus on Karma (Number two of two)
- 2006-07-09: Bie Chuan Chan Temple (Visit; and a sex museum!)
- 2006-07-08: "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat" (Kipling's reputation, and a story)
- 2006-07-07: A Few Program Notes (Additions to the site)
- 2006-07-06: "Do your best! Do your best!" (Good people are not always nice)
- 2006-07-05: Notes from a Small Isle (Notes from Anne Baring and Sangharakshita)
- 2006-07-04: Fair Warning (America's sovereignty revoked)
- 2006-07-03: Uposatha (About the moon cycle)
- 2006-07-02: "The King and the Corpse" (The intro to Zimmer's book)
- 2006-07-01: Cletus' Bible: An Introduction (Wisdom in short fiction)
- 2006-06-30: Foundational Fridays (Recommended reading: The Sutra Study)
- 2006-06-29: Provisional Truth ("White lies")
- 2006-06-28: Buddhism 101 (Recommending "The Influence of Buddhism" and "Buddhism 101")
- 2006-06-27: Bliss Station (Taking time out)
- 2006-06-26: "Who Do Men Say That I Am?" (Theories of Jesus)
- 2006-06-25: "The Gods Behind the Gods We See" (About some stained glass)
- 2006-06-24: Good Feng Shui? (Gaudiya Math's international nature)
- 2006-06-23: Bad Feng Shui (A Buddhist monk disses America)
- 2006-06-22: Who's Your Daddy (and Mommy)? (Metaphorical seeing)
- 2006-06-21: Welcome to the Realize! Journal (A statement of purpose: The Human Side of religion)
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