Sāmanera Bodhesako was an American Buddhist monk. Born in Detroit , Michigan , in 1939, he studied at the University of Iowa , specializing in Literature and Creative Writing. He embraced Buddhism in 1966 in India , where he was ordained in Calcutta , and spent several years as a monk in Sri Lanka . After leaving the robe in 1971, in 1980 he again took ordination, this time in Thailand . In 1982 he returned to Sri Lanka , living mostly in the upcountry region of Bandarawela. In 1988, while on a return journey to the United States to join his father for the latter's eightieth birthday celebration, Ven. Bodhesako died from a sudden intestinal hernia while in Kathmandu .

Stringhoppers and Rabbitholes is collection of Ven. Bodhesako's letters to his friend Hūm and his father. He wrote them from 1965 till his death in 1988. All letters have been collected by Hum and we launched it as a blog in instalments in the end of March 2008. Be very welcome to look at it, read it and write comments.