We made a road trip to Austin, TX a few weeks ago and the timing was exquisite if not unsettling.
I was quite the crabby, wrapped-around-the-axel companion for the trip down. Sixteen hours straight driving is a sure fire way to make space for the underlying stuff that bugs you to rise up. It wasn’t until a decent sleep, pancakes, migas, and coffee at Magnolia Cafe that I started seeing clear enough to name the bugs.
Read MoreDriving 3,000 miles to the Pacific Northwest and back provides plenty of time and distance to shuck off the daily gremlin-like noise of busyness. It, also, creates space to hear what I am missing or simply forgot in the routine of living. Two things I came away with from time on the road,...
Read MoreThe other day I watched an early 90’s promo video for a backpacking outfitter I worked for off and on over 14 years. You can watch "Jeremiah Johnson" or any 70’s outdoor film and pretty much get a sense of what the promo looked and sounded like, complete with some bluegrass soundtracking. Not much has changed when it comes to mountaineering...
Read More“Go set the world on fire!”
Read MoreIn less than a year I have attended the funerals of three impactful lives. The first was heartbreaking. The second was heartwarming and inspirational. The third made me want to live a better life and love everyone more.
Read More“To tell the truth, I feel a good deal younger…” – George MacDonald.
Read MoreWriting is solitary sport but often is improved by the scrutiny of other eyes. Also, there is something both freeing and frightful to publish one's own words out in the open for all to see, or ignore.
Read MoreHow much music do you have in your life?
Read MoreTo be good at the first two is to be lazy. To be good only at the third is to be less than human. But to thrive in all three is to become more than we can imagine.
Read MoreDriving home with my wife, one of Sufjan Stevens new songs,“Christmas in The Room," came across the playlist...
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