Posted by Brad Osborne on March 29, 2023 · 10 Comments
Sweet scent of smoke hung like a greyish sheet,
There in the shop at the end of the street…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on May 5, 2022 · 16 Comments
Sweet scent of smoke hung like a greyish sheet,
There in the shop at the end of the street…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with best friend, butcher, feast, hard work, idle, job, lazy, meat, partner, poem, Poetry, silent, sitting, tired, work
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 6, 2022 · 20 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with boat, fishing, generations, gift, giving, hard work, koan, learning, life, Life lessons, mantra, parable, taoism, taoist koan, tradition
Posted by Brad Osborne on June 9, 2021 · 18 Comments
Sweet scent of smoke hung like a greyish sheet,
There in the shop at the end of the street…
Filed under Poetry · Tagged with best friend, butcher, feast, hard work, idle, job, lazy, meat, partner, poem, Poetry, silent, sitting, tired, work
Posted by Brad Osborne on April 23, 2021 · 25 Comments
He had watched his father work the seas his whole life and wanted nothing more than to be a great fisherman in kind.
Filed under Taoist Parables · Tagged with boat, fishing, generations, gift, giving, hard work, koan, learning, life, Life lessons, mantra, parable, taoism, taoist koan, tradition
Posted by Brad Osborne on February 27, 2020 · 20 Comments
We tell our teens,
“For you there is no limit”,
For fear their dreams,
May somehow be diminished.
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