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I’ve been wanting to write this for a while, and this morning’s unexpected rain seemed like a sign that I should get to it. Living in California makes it easier to see rain for the miracle that it is.
We live in a culture where we’re encouraged to repress the expression of our feelings…even encouraged [...]

If I think of it as a blackberry patch, I don’t have to think of the blackberries as an invasive weed problem, right?

I had to do some assigned writing in preparation for an Ecology of Leadership course I’ll be attending all next week. It made me realize how long it’s been since I’ve posted [...]

Justin sends along this link, saying, “Do you subscribe to the big picture? If not, you’re going to love this.”

Wow. Photos that are not for the feint of heart, but they stir something very deep in me. Thanks Justin!

At Stone Creek on Sunday, we’ll practice the New Year’s tradition of ringing out the old year’s delusions by taking turns striking the bell until it’s been rung 108 times, once for every one of the 108 delusions that are said torment us. I love this ceremony; instead of the oppressing weight of resolutions, [...]

I’ve talked to a few people who seem to get it. I asked one doomer with the four horsemen threading through his conversation, “What it is like to believe all of that, when you have all those grandchildren?” He said simply,
“I don’t know. There’s not enough for all of them.”
So I can [...]

I don’t remember when exactly it was…I think we might have been watching some video footage of the Beatles, or maybe John and Yoko. And Steve said something about those times, and how it seemed like our culture really had a chance at real love…not a romantic love, but a wider love. A love [...]

Well, it’s a little more than “summer”, but it’s been quite amazing because I….

Built a beautiful two-sectioned compost bin.

Had a great camping trip to Death Valley and Pinnacles National Monument, where I got to see living condors before they go extinct.

Visited family in Ohio, being especially grateful for the chance to spend time with Grandma [...]

Folks who follow my blog may have noticed my use of tarot card images, specifically the Rider-Waite deck. I’ve always been fascinated by the language of the symbolism on the deck. I enjoy doing readings for myself, not in an attempt to get a tarot card to tell my future, but to prompt [...]

It’s not until I’m lying near the summit of Mt. Wittenberg, flat on my belly and watching the dragonflies across the clearing, that I realize that I’ve dozed on her flanks other times in the past, and always when I needed solace and solitude. I ended up here on both of my solo [...]

In 1987, I was bartending in New York and saved tip money until I had enough to buy this leather motorcycle jacket at a store in Greenwich Village. This jacket and I had many crazy adventures together, but I haven’t worn the jacket regularly in ten years. Eventually I got the notion that [...]