Oh….Nooooooooooooooooo!!!

We just got back from a Christmas road trip out West. The minivan, in spite of being old and full of miles, is familiar and comfortable. These folks are going out into the wilderness for a year. By choice. I’ll … Continue reading

Smarter? Better? Richer? Faster?………Nahhhhhhhhhh

Wherever you are…..wherever you are….make the place you stand in a good place. Make it good. But….could you stand in a new place….and use all you’ve learned…and make the new place a good thing, too? These people who do these … Continue reading

what is behind….

I heard an interview with a man named Brian Buffini yesterday. He wrote a book called “The Emigrant Edge: How to make it big in America”. He mentioned this quote….and I thought that it was pretty powerful. What a lesson! … Continue reading

aroha

I saw a video and the woman had this word….AROHA…. tattooed on her arm. She was down in New Zealand…..and I didn’t know what it meant when I saw it….so I looked it up. It’s a Maori word. Do you … Continue reading

Our Alaskan Winter, 1949

I’m thinking about snow a lot these days. There’s a certain romance in thinking about “rugged individualism” and the great white North….but, in reality, snow can be kind of a pain in the rear. What good Norwegian would say something … Continue reading