Cheating time: We spend our lives cheating time: We choose to accept, whether consciously or not, that we won’t die today or anytime soon. This deception lends itself to reinforced beliefs in an afterlife for some. For others, maybe a push to follow biological programming by having children so that their genetics or name lives […]
Learning to Die
A blog about the many things that might happen while you’re learning to die.
Living Datsusara: Part 1

The picture above is my family member: He’s a Tibetan yak named Pabu, which means “cloud” in Nepalese. To me, Pabu embodies travel: journeying from Tibet to Taos, New Mexico, and finally to my family’s ranch in northern New Mexico. Photo by Danielle Shattuck. Datsusara means to “leave the salaried worker’s life” Originally written in 2012… […]