http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_opFvLpMHl4 It feels like I’ve sort of lived on the edge of “living out in the woods” for a while now. The longer I live anyplace, the more it feels like I’m living in a suburb. If I learn to … Continue reading
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I’m listening to the audio book of Jon Krakauer’s “Into the Wild” again. I’ve read the magazine article in Outside, read the book that Jon Krakauer developed from his article, watched the movie that Sean Penn developed from the book, … Continue reading
I’m still listening to the Bible in my car. I’m a captive audience out on the mail route. Some parts of the Bible are hard to wade through….I didn’t think I’d get through the first five books of the Old … Continue reading
My kids enjoy playing a game called Harvest Moon. It’s a game, from the little I’ve seen of it, where you set up a … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9ZyQTVtkA I made fun of this video when I first saw it. I watched it…my smug attitude barely in check…and thought, “Good gosh…this guy is in for a bruising. Imagine him living off the land? Holy smokes…it’s going to be … Continue reading
I don’t have many chances to quote American actor Matthew McConaughey…the opportunity just doesn’t present itself very often…but he has a saying that I’m going to repeat here…. I think it came from the first movie I saw him in…Dazed … Continue reading
We got everyone ready and out of the house by quarter to 9 to make our 9:30 appointment in downtown Hendersonville to get our passport applications processed. Apparently, at five minutes past 9, they called the house to tell us … Continue reading
Oh my goodness. Don’t talk about the good things going on where it’s easy for good things to happen. Talk about the good things that are going on where it seems impossible for something good to happen. I think that … Continue reading
I have a little sister…we’re both adults now (or at least old enough to be considered adults)…so I have always been the “big brother”. It’s something I’ve always been. It’s something I’ll always be. You can’t change birth order. But … Continue reading
Turn the volume down on this video (the music is kind of obnoxious for such a peaceful place) and you can see where we were a little over a year ago. Last summer, we took an epic road trip up … Continue reading