For many years I wrote about fiction, story, belief, ordinary life, and the questions that shaped my work. More than two thousand essays remain here—not because every one represents my current thinking, but because together they tell the story of a writer learning over time.
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The Boaz Scorekeeper–Chapter 40
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. As often happens in life, or…
Here’s today’s bike ride. Temperature at beginning: 51 degrees. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical…
Daily Meditation The Nature of the Self Examine how the ego can create a tremendous amount of unnecessary suffering. *** For more information, click here.
Here’s today’s bike ride. Temperature at beginning: 46 degrees. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical…
Daily Meditation The Path and the Goal of Practice Take the goal as the path by recognizing the inherent freedom of awareness, now. *** For more information, click…
The Boaz Scorekeeper, written in 2017, is my second novel. I’ll post it, a chapter a day, over the next few weeks. The Murray’s autopsies were released three…
Here’s today’s bike ride. Why I ride Biking is something I both love and hate. The conflicting emotions arise from the undeniable physical effort it demands. However, this…
Richard L. Fricks 