The Five Remembrances via Allen Ginsberg

We've been reading Fear by Thich Nhat Nanh in sangha and this week I have to present on the chapter on the Five Remembrances, which are as follows: 1) I am subject to aging; I have not gone beyond aging; 2) I am subject to illness; I have not gone beyond illness; 3) I am subject to death; I have not gone beyond death; 4) All that is dear to me, and everyone I love, are of the nature to change. I will grow different, separate from all that is dear and appealing to me. 5) I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that will I fall heir.

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Key Lime Pie

This is a super-easy, no-bake, eggless key lime pie that I made for my son's 9th and 10th birthdays. I don't like to cook with eggs and turns out eggs are not at all essential to this recipe, which I've adapted from this recipe by Jennifer McHenry of answers.com.

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