Hughie walks a tiger at the Tiger Temple in Kanchanburi province, Thailand 06

Hugh Carroll aka Hughie aka Sonam Angchuk

born 1964

lives in the south of England

works in the mental health sector

juggled in a circus

played in bands

went on pilgrimage to India

studies and practices Buddhism

worked in a corporate IT office

writes poems

content on this site

pictures stuff from my history, circus, Buddhist pilgrimage, scuba
poems

mostly in haiku / haibun style, heavily influenced by Zen.
i usually wait until an experience rolls around inside for a while
and then bubble to the surface. then my task is to take
anything extra away until I have the 'aha' feeling.

'sunshine and shadow' is a collection of sundry writings

'mahabodhi moonlight' was written in Ladakh, India, Nepal and Thailand from '05 to '06

web dev
a portfolio of my web work. designs and hosting using my own
MagpieCMS content management system
First Burn
4 chapters of sci-fi written phonetically (fonetiklee)
guitarclassical pieces and my own compositions
Carroll Archive
my family's site with many pictures and a genealogical tree
mani stones

show and tell about my love affair with Avolokiteshvara's mantra 'om mani padme hum'. i learned to carve them in Ladakh