Addendum

My old friend L7 sent me this in an e-mail and I loved it and so am giving it to you, too:

Your blog post this morning reminded me of the old koan"

Ungan: "What does the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion [i.e. Avalokitesvara, Kannon, Kanzeon, Regarder of the Sounds of the World] do by using her limitlessly abundant hands and eyes?"

Dogo: "She is like a person in the night reaching back with a hand to grope for a pillow."

A whole new way of thinking about the hot flash.