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  A very different book, All Our Waves Are Water.   Journalist-biographer-resident surfer, and guru,    Jaimal Yogis   (h e might shudder to be referred to as " guru", a modest man)  is on a quest. Jaimal takes his mind's-eye with him, his awareness, and ramps it up, as he journeys through life, a search for his best self, and more than that, he's running away from a bad break up. It is a physical journey, and an inward trip, too.  Having one parent of Jewish ancestry but raised in a Buddhist tradition, it is no surprise t hat a stream of guilt is laced into the words of this delicious biography. I look forward to reading his other book, Saltwater Buddha . All Our Waves Are Water All Our Waves Are Water All Our Waves Are Water   might be a metaphor, but is probably what every surfer is feeling while finding his way in the ocean. There is an attachment to water, detachment from all else, as it must be, because anything else, and down you go. Fall o...

The other day  FD sighed, "You never blog about me anymore." Mindful fishing So I asked him (for a good offense is always the best defense), "Why do you bother wasting time fishing? You bring home nothing and the salmon at the store are bigger and better, and no worms are wasted." I don't mention that the recent pic of a three-inch blue gill made me sad. "It is relaxing," he says. "and allows me to spend some quality time with my grandsons and clear out my head." So I wonder, Might everything that holds our attention, that helps take our minds away from the stress and anxiety of every day life, be considered a mindfulness technique ?  I've heard people who downloaded the phone ap  Headspace say that even five minutes a day, the minimum recommended dose of mindfulness meditation, is too hard to fit into their daily schedule. The process of mindful meditating is very easy if its essence is attending to one's breathing, becoming attenti...