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Translato, ergo cogito sum

(I translate, therefore I think I am)

Favorite hobby: Translating poetry.

Favorite definition of "poetry":

"Poetry is that which does not come through in translation."

-- Robert Frost

Last Chinese language class taught before retirement

“Baggage when you walk,

Baggage when you sit,

Release the baggage, please,

And finally be at ease.”

The true substance of this stone rubbing is in what is almost not there: the baggage behind the big-belly Buddha. Most of us don’t even realize we’re carrying it.