We went to the Emerald Village Mine up around Spruce Pine for Isaac’s birthday. I showed Sparrow a geode when we were there….showed her how the “jewels” were inside the rough rock. There’s some real beauty in some of that … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2016
How far out can you get? Bicycling on the moon? What an amazing planet we live on! … Continue reading
The less you own, the less you owe. Unless you have a whole bunch of stuff that you paid off already. Here’s a video about a guy living in a Westphalia van….in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara is expensive. If you … Continue reading
Short film from Adventure.com. … Continue reading
Man…..this world is a big and exciting place. This is a video about the need for wild places and ….rivers. We consume and because of that consumption, rivers are damned to supply the power to feed the things that we … Continue reading
This is Ray LaMontagne from his latest “Ouroboros”. So good…..and a message that I needed….NO PRESSURE!! I can live with “no pressure”…..for sure. … Continue reading
It’s been hot here lately. It’s July….so that’s to be expected….but, still….it’s hot. Now, of course, if I went down to South Carolina or back to Georgia, I might know what “hot” really is. It’s comfortable up here in North … Continue reading
They’re wrapping up the new septic system, installing switches and alarms and conduit and covering up runs of “easy lay”….making it into something we’ll hardly notice when it’s done, taking care of the really important details like where the water … Continue reading
The Important Places Child of Mine, come as you grow in youth you will learn the secret places the cave behind the waterfall the arms of the oak that hold you high the stars so near on a desert … Continue reading
Walt. A different Walt. He doesn’t have anything to do with mice or Magic Kingdoms. I go to a restaurant and order water because it’s free. Because something is free, I forget its value sometimes. Sometimes, things only have value … Continue reading