I picked up this meme from Shelley Power's blog, BurningBird

1. Grab the nearest book
2. Open the book to page 23
3. Find the fifth sentence
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions

"Lo miraba a la luz de una vela." From The University of Chicago Spanish Dictionary. The fifth full Sentence, showing the usage of the preposition 'a.'
The book was the closest. I had it out on the table to look up common words. I always bothers me that i never became fluent in another language.
Since that book was a reference, I reached over to the shelf nearest to me. I pull down Haiku, Volume One: Eastern Culture, by R.H. Blythe. I chase the silverfish away to find the following sentence;

"Among them may be mentioned Muso Kokushi, 1271-1346, founder of the Tenryuji Temple, which became the headquarters of the Rinzai branch of Zen."

I hadn't noticed the old book right next to me, hidden by the edge of the book case. It was printed in 1949, part of a four volume set. I had expected to find a verse by Basho. Instead the trail leads back to the abbey.

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