I had an old Datsun 510 station wagon that I bought when I was in my mid twenties. It was pretty ragged out when I got it. It was a mess. It was a young, single man’s car. It had … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2013
I wrote a post a couple of days ago about thrift shopping after the bounty of a materially focused Christmas. I used George Harrison’s “Living in the Material World” song to accentuate what I was talking about. My friend John … Continue reading
I was going to write about Mike Reynolds and the Earthship community out in New Mexico this morning. But then I lost interest. So I thought I’d post a link to this video on YouTube called “Garbage Warrior”….and write about … Continue reading
There are things that we get excited about. Just mentioning a situation can get our blood pumping. And when I say “our” I mean “me”…and anyone out in the world who’s still breathing. The unified “us”. That’s what I’m talking … Continue reading
This is a song by a guy named Chris Rosser. It’s the only song I have with “Benjamin” as a title…so it was the only obvious choice. It’s my friend Ben’s birthday today. Ben was a running buddy. We were … Continue reading
We cooked a big ham for Christmas dinner. It wasn’t huge…it didn’t need wheels to get it over to the oven. But it was big. You don’t notice how much “more than you need” it is until everybody’s full…and the … Continue reading
My family took a bunch of slides when I was growing up. If we were taking pictures, we were developing them as slides. That was the way to do it. We could always make a print later if we wanted … Continue reading
At our house, “the baby” gets held. The baby gets held because that’s what you do. The baby gets held because, like all our children, she’s a treasure…and we want to. We want to hold her. Sometimes, though, we have … Continue reading
I haven’t finished my Christmas shopping yet. This fact got me thinking a little bit about time this morning. It’s 5:05 in the morning. See…I’m obsessing over time already. I have two days until Christmas. Two days is supposedly 48 … Continue reading
I’ve been listening to a course on Philosophy lately while I deliver the mail. I don’t get it. It’s all these puzzles and tricky words and it makes my head spin. That’s not a good thing while I’m delivering the … Continue reading