I overfilled my coffee cup the other morning. On the way back up the steep stairs that lead from the kitchen to the living room, I was watching the coffee move gently in the cup, almost touching the rim of … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2013
I don’t always do a good job of appreciating. I try…I pay attention and try to notice the things I should be grateful for…but I don’t always appreciate like I should. I get distracted and forget. The other day I … Continue reading
Some people might say that repetition is the death of creativity. Look at me, for example. I get up every morning at about the same time, go downstairs, put on a pot of water for the coffee, feed the cat … Continue reading
I’m 53 years old now…and I spent 6 and 1/2 years of my life getting a degree in art. Or should I say “Art” with a capital “A”? When I graduated from high school, I wanted to get on a … Continue reading
Monkey has a new tool. For 15 years, we heated with wood. We heated only with wood. In the morning, we got a fire going in the wood stove and then waited for the house to warm up. It was … Continue reading
I wonder how many of my various “worldviews” have been shaped by song lyrics? (People usually use the phrase “worldview”…but I think sometimes it’s not so cut and dried with me…some of it seems to be sort of situational.) … Continue reading
I have a friend who spent some time out in Los Angeles. When he talked about how it was out there, he mentioned that he couldn’t get over how the weather was always the same. He didn’t like the weather … Continue reading
The first car I ever drove was a 1967 Renault R10. It was the car I was going to learn to drive in. It was white and boxy and small…but the thing that was going to make it really interesting … Continue reading
Looking up Youtube videos with “wilderness” as a search term, I came across this movie. Watching it, I realized just how long I’ve been obsessed with this kind of lifestyle. ( I have “smarty pantsed” friends who right now are … Continue reading
When you have a new paradigm planted firmly in your brain of what “really impressive” is, the accomplishments of someone like Donald Trump or even Warren Buffett kind of pale by comparison. I’ve written about Dick Proenneke before. He’s an … Continue reading