Football and Violence

Hello, friends,The University of Georgia football season begins next Saturday. I don't see myself as a person without angers toward violence, but so many young men injure themselves early in mind and body for later life. Much of the football…
Interbeing poetry book cover

Interbeing review

Hello friends,Here is a review of my forthcoming book, "Interbeing," by Athens poet Michelle Castleberry. Her collection "Dissecting the Angel" (2013) was nominated for Georgia poetry book of the year. -- Gene "In a statement to the United…
GENE at Globe

Between Buddha and Pan

Hi friends,The beginning of another week brings new opportunities to enjoy the outdoors and think about one's part in the universe. Especially in these difficult times it is important to balance thoughts of hope and despair, to puzzle over…
Gene Bianchi and Max

Healing of Ordinary Mind

On Labor Day weekend it's good to remember that work has helped to shape us into the persons we have become. The point is to not make the accumulation of money a life goal. Here's how Judge Jack Ethridge puts it: "Learn as much as you can.…
Ear to the Ground

Just So

Hello, friends. Somehow we have reached September already, and the sunlight is shifting to a different glow here in Athens even though the temperature still hits 90 degrees. Writer Lewis Richmond reminds us in a Buddhist summary: “everything…