What's New: recent, current, coming soon . . .

some new writing:

"Mujako and

William Carlos Williams"

an essay in two parts, based on talks I gave at the Open Source Retreat at Pueblo Mountain Park in Colorado in June 2019. You can read it online or download here on the "Zen writings" page.   (9/1/25)

new podcast episode and soundfile:

"Sicknesss and Medicine"

from the Open Source Retreat at Bodhi Manda Zen Center September-October 2024

2nd evening talk by Tenney

You can listen to or download the talk here on the "Soundfiles of Zen talks" page, or listen to it on your favorite podcast app by searching "Desert Rain Zen"  (9/6/25)

Desert Rain Zen

is now podcasting

You can find us by searching "Desert Rain Zen" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast platform (8/3/25)

I posted some new Zen writing that you can read here on the website--versions of talks I gave on "The world of dew" at our Desert Rain spring retreat. You can read them here on the "Zen Writings" page on this site (7/4/25)

These are four linked short essays, based on talks I gave at the Desert Rain Zen retreat in 2020, but pretty extensively revised. You can read them online and download them here on the "Zen writings" page.

Also: I'll post the soundfiles the talks are based on soon, on the "soundfiles of Zen talks" page here on this site and on our Desert Rain Zen podcast. (8/18/25)

some new writing:

"The World of Dew"

some new writing:

"Rolling in and Rolling Out"

"'Subtle Touch': Koans, Poems, and the Body of Awakening."

I have a new Zen essay coming out pretty soon as a chapbook from (my poetry publisher) Chax Press:

Check back soon for more information, including a blurb or two . . . Thanks to Chax publisher Charles Alexander for doing the chapbook!

(7/2/25)

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