Well, it’s been a rainy fall season and it does look like more rain in December to com. So climate change is showing its presence everywhere.  Our world is changing. How will it end?

I had the pleasure of meeting a lone Ranger from Canada, who visited Portugal to get some sun. Well he got wet. But I am glad to have met Kris on what he calls his last visit to this beautiful land.

a Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"