the wild,into

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

carried

I was obsessed with surfing for a time. I think that when I was a little younger and a little more flexible, I entertained the thought that maybe I could stand up on a wave and feel the freedom that … Continue reading

now sitting’s going to kill me

I drive the mail around. I sit on my butt and reach into an organized pile of mail, pull out the pieces that are supposed to go to the address I’m currently stopped at, and put them into the mailbox. … Continue reading

Johnny Cash was a Zen Master

We had a big console stereo that my father would play his Johnny Cash records on. If I was going to grow up with a selective and small record collection in the house ( I remember a Porgy and Bess … Continue reading

head full of nothing and caffeine free

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6mS2zPmv_c Sitting staring at the computer screen…the modern version of the writing pad…completely empty of ideas and motivation. That doesn’t bode well for an interesting post. Here’s a video from a guy named Josh Ritter…song called “Idaho”. When in doubt, … Continue reading

dig

We went to the beach this past weekend. It was a dirty beach…I wrote about that part of the experience yesterday…but it was a fun beach. We had a good time. On our second and final night at the shore, … Continue reading

butts on the beach

We went to the beach this weekend. My youngest son turned 4 and he’s really excited about staying at motels…and he’s really excited about the beach…so we decided to kill two birds and stay at a motel on this trip. … Continue reading

out in the world…a girl and a voice

Looking up Amos Lee videos, came across Sarah Jarosz. It is great to discover good talent. It is enlightening to realize once again how many really fine musicians there are in the the world. … Continue reading

messin’ with Balaam

If you drop the “g”, everything sounds “hipper” somehow. I’m still listening to the Bible in the mail Jeep. I take back what I said earlier about the first 5 books being tough to wade through…there’s some amazing stuff in … Continue reading