Inaugural Post

WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!

Damn it feels good to have finally squeezed out of the birth canal of the blogless and into the world of the truly alive. I'm a blogger, sweet!

I'm dedicating my inaugural post to two of the most important people in my life: my husband Josh, and my dear friend Anya Paull. They are the inspiration for Zen & Donuts.

Why Zen?
Anya and I use the word Zen as a reminder to stay connected to the peace and beauty of this world despite the myriad of personal Zen disrupters (PZDs, if you will) that can attack one's psyche in the course of a day. Example: "how's your Zen state today?" is a shortcut for "how physically relaxed, spiritually calm and soulfully inspired are you feeling?"

Why Donuts?
Donuts comes from the name of my website, which comes from a funny my husband and I made when passing by the Bay Area phenomenon "Happy Donuts" after a Giants baseball game in the summer of 2003. It struck us both at the exact same moment the strangeness of that name. What in the world is a happy donut anyway? Is it the opposite of a furious donut? HA HA HA hahahahah. It's funny the things that are funny when you're high on love and baseball.

Why Zen & Donuts?
I spend a lot of time thinking about what life is, what makes it good, what makes people happy, etc., which I'm sure will become more clear as this blog grows. One of the little nuggets of life is those special understandings you have with your loved ones. Those experiences and feelings, even whole life goals or philosophies that only you and your loved-one share, that you can call up for one another in a word. Zen and Donuts are two of those words for me.

Welcome to Zen & Donuts.