My son Isaac and I went on our maiden canoe voyage yesterday. A couple of years ago, my wife and I talked about how much fun it would be to have a canoe. Now we have 3. I’m not sure … 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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