Year-End Statistics

Holiday Cards Sent: 30

Holiday Cards Received: 4

Estimated Value of Lithuanian Chocolate I attempted to bring home: US$60

Cost of dental work in Lithuania, including one filling replacement, and large-scale repair of two teeth (just short of capping): US$50

Hours in the dentist's chair in Lithuania: 1

Hours in transit home to the US: 36, not including an unanticipated overnight stay in Las Vegas, NV

Books Acquired in 2005
(*)= currently reading

Ching……………Sutra on the Past Vows of Earth Store Bodhisattva
Dalai Lama……………The Universe in a Grain of Sand *
David-Neel……………Intiations and Initiates in Tibet
Emoto……………The Hidden Messages of Water
Harada ……………The Path to Bodhidharma
Hirschfield……………Nine Gates
Kennedy……………Zen Spirit, Christian Spirit
Keizer ……………A Dresser of Sycamore Trees
Kelly …………… Eleanor of Acquataine and the Four Kings
Kerr…………… Lost Japan
Larkin …………… First You Shave Your Head
Monks of New Skete ……………In the Spirit of Happiness
Oliver……………American Primitive
Nagao……………Madyhamika and Yogacara
Packer…………… The Art of Presence
Pine ……………The Heart Sutra *
Seife ……………Alpha and Omega
Stone …………… The Shadow King
Swaan …………… Japanese Lantern
Unno ……………River of Fire, River of Water *
Various…………… Pure Land, Pure Mind *
Waddell…………… Wild Ivy *
Watson…………… The Old Man Who Does as He Pleases
Wick ……………The Book of Equanimity