James Baquet
@jamesbaquet.bsky.social
Happy husband, dog dad (x6+), part-time pilgrim, full-time expat (now in the Philippines), cradle Episcopalian, quasi-Buddhist, all-out humanist, teacher, reader, and author. Follow my Buddhistical account at https://bsky.app/profile/thetempleguy.
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James Baquet
@jamesbaquet.bsky.social
· Apr 14
I love you all. But it's unlikely I'll let you into my "life" if you post mainly:
--in a language I can't read
--pretty pictures without explanation
--to promote a product I'm not interested in
--ugly rhetoric (even if I agree)
--nothing at all (yet)
Sorry! But I need this to be an oasis in my life.
--in a language I can't read
--pretty pictures without explanation
--to promote a product I'm not interested in
--ugly rhetoric (even if I agree)
--nothing at all (yet)
Sorry! But I need this to be an oasis in my life.
Merry Christmas from the Philippines! These two Belgian Mals belong to different neighbors; King (l) lives on a 48" chain, and Storm (r) in a 40" x 40" cage, so every day I take them out and walk them, play with them, train them, and feed them. (That's in addition to my own six big dogs.) My deers!
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Merry Christmas from the Philippines! These two Belgian Mals belong to different neighbors; King (l) lives on a 48" chain, and Storm (r) in a 40" x 40" cage, so every day I take them out and walk them, play with them, train them, and feed them. (That's in addition to my own six big dogs.) My deers!
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Ep. 177: Tales of Caotang Temple
A tongue, two wells, and a bell
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December 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Remember that Shtuff Happens
Learn to shrug
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June 6, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Hi, Friends. I just published a new FREE edition of my "Temple Tales" newsletter. Check it out!
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Ep. 143: The Story of Otohachi
And the "Night-Crying Stone"
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April 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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I love you all. But it's unlikely I'll let you into my "life" if you post mainly:
--in a language I can't read
--pretty pictures without explanation
--to promote a product I'm not interested in
--ugly rhetoric (even if I agree)
--nothing at all (yet)
Sorry! But I need this to be an oasis in my life.
--in a language I can't read
--pretty pictures without explanation
--to promote a product I'm not interested in
--ugly rhetoric (even if I agree)
--nothing at all (yet)
Sorry! But I need this to be an oasis in my life.
April 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I love you all. But it's unlikely I'll let you into my "life" if you post mainly:
--in a language I can't read
--pretty pictures without explanation
--to promote a product I'm not interested in
--ugly rhetoric (even if I agree)
--nothing at all (yet)
Sorry! But I need this to be an oasis in my life.
--in a language I can't read
--pretty pictures without explanation
--to promote a product I'm not interested in
--ugly rhetoric (even if I agree)
--nothing at all (yet)
Sorry! But I need this to be an oasis in my life.
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March 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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March 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Happy Mardi Gras, y'all! (Grandpa was a New Orleans-born Creole jazz man; this is my heritage.)
March 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy Mardi Gras, y'all! (Grandpa was a New Orleans-born Creole jazz man; this is my heritage.)
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Found this in Lee Judge's excellent newsletter. (He's the guy that got booted for the cartoon of the upside-down flag over the White House.) Here's today's edition: leejudge.substack.com/p/the-10-tra...
February 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Found this in Lee Judge's excellent newsletter. (He's the guy that got booted for the cartoon of the upside-down flag over the White House.) Here's today's edition: leejudge.substack.com/p/the-10-tra...
