Category: Zen

Ready? Set? Stop!

“That’s right, stop: before we can begin, first we stop. Before quietness can begin, first busyness must stop. Before relaxation can begin, first tension must stop. Before happiness can begin, first the roots of unhappiness must be seen. Today’s Crazy Dog Activity is a simple sitting meditation.”

~Brian Browne Walker “Crazy Dog Guide to Lifetime Happiness.”

Meal #4: Lemon Capered Bowties

Meal #4: Lemon Capered Bowties

This is a simple one pan dish that I often make (with some variations) when I’m hungry and don’t have a lot of time to prepare a meal for two. Ingredients: 2 cups of dried bowtie pasta 1.5 cups of water 1 TBSP of olive oil 1/2 cup of sweet white wine 1 minced clove …

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Meal #3: Tilton’s Breakfast Hash

Meal #3: Tilton’s Breakfast Hash

The first time I had hash was when I visited an American Legion Post in Williamsburg, VA around the spring of 1996. I won the American Legion Americanism & Government Contest for that year and was invited to visit Washington D.C. and the surrounding area. Part of the trip was to visit some of the …

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Rule #9

Rule #9

My office door has a multitude of signs, notices, and other documents of various interest and concerns. The text in particular that causes the most reading is a pair of papers called “Tilton’s Laws of the Academic Universe.” This document has been on my office door since I taught at the Ohio University of Lancaster. I …

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Ephemeral/Restart

Ephemeral/Restart

One of the areas of focus in my research on the past few years has been the ephemeral nature of modern journalism within the newer platforms of communication. The use of Instagram and Snapchat as a means to deliver news has been of interest to me as it represents news finding its way to citizens …

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Drinking from the Cup of Knowledge

Drinking from the Cup of Knowledge

Review of the 2018 Trip to the United Kingdom I had the pleasure of representing Ohio Northern University in the United Kingdom in July. My primary reason for traveling was to work out the final arrangements for our University of Salford workshop. We co-partnered with Point Park University in 2017 to participate in the Community Radio …

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