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Doc Pruyne

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Doc earned his nickname as a college professor and a professional poker player. He's also an award-winning journalist and raises rare ducks on a farm in western Massachusetts.

Doc enjoys hunting for wild mushrooms, hiking and, believe it or not, writing. Yes, an author who loves to write, how about that!
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Kitchen windows, old and new

When we came to the house it was a wreck. Empty for almost two years. Painted dull colors, with peeling wallpaper. Full of cobwebs. Dusty. Unwanted.


All the windows were rattling in their casings, including those in the kitchen. They looked to be sixty years old, the sashes askew in their jambs.


12 HPR - existing kitchen window


The work goes on. The house grows ever more modern. Each job, long-lasting or quick, is anoth

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Published on May 19, 2014 13:13
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“The sword is a handle onto the Way of the world that is offering itself to you. If you are willful it will weigh a ton and wear you out. If you lose focus it will cut open your hand. Mindfulness keeps your mind on the blade; and if you are mindful you will not think about the future or past, there will be no blocks to the flow of Tao, and the Way of the world will flow through the sword and through you. You will become the sword of the world.”
Doc Pruyne, Persimmon

“Never forget that, at the most, the teacher can give you fifteen percent of the art. The rest you have to get for yourself through practise and hard work. I can show you the path but I can not walk it for you.”
Master Tan Soh Tin

“Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.”
Ernest Hemingway

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
Anton Chekhov

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