stump=bear, skunk=run

Second morning running and it felt better than yesterday. That’s always a kindness when the second day is easier. Who would keep going if things didn’t feel better as you went along? Took the opposite route this morning….ran down to the … Continue reading →

dogs and running save your life

Of course, the title of this blog is hype. What’s going to save your life? I love these videos that Salomon puts out…..find them on YouTube with “Salomon Trail Running” as the search term. They’re all great. I started “running” … Continue reading →

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 →