sustaining a sense of wonder

My routine lately is to get up at 5, stumble out to the room outside of our bedroom, grab a can of cat food to put down on the porch floor as I make my way to the porta potty that … Continue reading →

keep coming back

This is from a performance a while back at Tigg’s Pond….a retreat center down the road from our house. I deliver mail to them…so I’ve gotten to know them a little….nice folks. “The Kid” is one of my favorite songs that … Continue reading →

geode

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 →

someone else’s mortgage

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 →

the world is so big….and we need water that flows

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 →

Hey!! No Pressure!! (subtitled: Why the heck is Ray LaMontagne so consistently great? Is it genetics or just hard work? Is it something spiritual? What up with that?)

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 →

lukewarm water

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 →