A Hillbilly In The Zendo

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A blog about Zen adventures in the rural South

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About Janet Patterson

Telling stories about the obvious in prose and in verse. I am in my 7th decade, Neurodivergent, ADHD, diagnosed at 64. Buddhist x 30 years, Zen student x 6 (so far). Hereditary hedgewitch from the Appalachain Mountains.

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