Standing on the Tower- and Leaping into the Flames
During my mini Smoky Mountain Walkabout, I had a Tarot Card reading from a very wise and intuitive herbal healer. Apparently, I drew some very…
Are We Losing the Art of Conversation?
Have you looked around your coffee shop recently and noticed the incessant tapping of keys and the glow of laptops? Noticed the lack of conversation,…
Losing our Baggage & Embracing the Life Before Us
Baggage. We all have it. It varies in weight, size and content. But we all carry baggage. Some of us pick up the baggage frequently and…
Listening to Your Gut & Acting on Your Instinct
Quick summary:
- A little first person story about following your gut and making instinctive decisions- regardless of rational thought.
- Fighting with the inner-gnomes- really- I’m not insane.
- The…
Your Next Bold Move and Engaging with the News
“you want to track each trickle
back to its source
and then scream up the faucet
’til your face is hoarse
cuz you’re surrounded by a world’s worth
of things…
Crooked Trails and Having the Courage to Walk Down Them
I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or…
The Knitting Nomad?
To quell the overwhelming sense of boredom that is growing inside as each day on the East Coast passes, I bought my first knitting needles…
Restless Feet Syndrome- Diagnose and Treat this Ailment
Overview
Restless feet syndrome is a prevalent ailment among single adults in their 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and 70s and manifests itself in a…
Touching the Fire and Fueling our Inner-Diva
How often do artists actually analyze the fuel for their creativity? We artists all have our muses, our inspiration, our motivations that push us to…
Living in the Images
“I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to,…
Ceasing to Adapt and a Dying Trade
“You’re father taught you adaptability,” the teacher told his student. “When we cease to be able to adapt, we’re in trouble.”
“I went to work…
What’s Your Wish?
Waking Up
“Every morning I wake up is a good morning.” Grumbled an old-timer as he shuffled up to the door of the Quartzsite Gem and…
An Italian Biker and the 1890s Outpost
As I pulled out of the RV park and headed towards my morning espresso office, I racked my brain to try and think of something…
The ‘Anatomy of Restlessness’ and Pondering the Wandering.
During my time in Walla Walla, I had access to my dear friend’s amazing personal library and stumbled upon Anatomy of Restlessness, by Bruce Chatwin. …
Past Lives, Present Selves and Future Paths.
Is the past linear? Is the past cyclical? Or neither?
History is doomed to repeat itself, we hear it all the time. Society seems to…
Embracing a Trade: find a skill and put food on the table after the apocalypse
The end is near?
Over the holidays, while everyone was feeling jolly and joyful from all the yummy home-cooked food and merry spirits, the History Channel…
The Details of Our Lives & the Catalysts We Become Along the Way
Every man’s life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from…
Living Outside the Box~ My favorite unconventional lifestyle Gurus
“You’ll Never Need to Retire?!”
My father told me this when I was 21 and its one of the best quotes to live by, in my…
