Quote of the day
There is no mistaking the dismay on the face of a writer who has just heard that his brain child is a deformed idiot.
Joan Halifax

Born: July 30, 1942 (age 82)
Bio: Joan Jiko Halifax is an American Zen Buddhist teacher, anthropologist, ecologist, civil rights activist, hospice caregiver, and the author of several books on Buddhism and spirituality.
Known for:
- The Fruitful Darkness (1967)
- Shamanic voices (1979)
- Shaman, the wounded healer (1982)