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Bamboo Shikainami Basket
We are fortunate to have here in the Pacific NW of the U.S. abundant bamboo growing in yards, in farms, and in nurseries. One of largest bamboo nurseries in Oregon is Bamboo Garden. They have more than 100 varieties of bamboo and have a well established grove of giant timber bamboo. The Garden is …
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Today’s sweet
Raindrops
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Precious resources
We are blessed in the Pacific Northwest with abundant, clean and good tasting water. We can drink our fill straight from the tap to quench our thirst without bad smells or off taste. But recently the city of Portland had an alert that e coli was found in the water system and everyone was advised …
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SweetPersimmon Portable Meditation Seat
Wow, our portable meditation seat was featured in Willamette Week camping gear guide for Portland local products. Here’s a link to the article. http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-22697-buy_local_%E2%80%A6and_you_will_know_us_by_the_trail_of_outdoor_gear.html
You can purchase your own portable meditation seat at SweetPersimmon.com.
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My First Big Chakai
I would like to introduce a guest blogger, one of my newer students, David. He generously agreed to write a post about his experience of our recent 35th Anniversary Chakai in Portland, Oregon. As I write this, I’m sitting in my sunny tea nook, surrounded by special gifts, each of which is in some way …
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