Winter solstice 2019 I got out of bed and out the door by 6:30, in darkness. I walked by woods but not in them as I couldn’t see through the brush, trees, and pouring rain. I heard the water rushing by in Amazon creek. It’s the most active thing, besides the rain. My steps quickened… Continue reading Keep your pilot light on
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How to talk
Today a woman asked me, “how do you feel about (highly-controversial issue)? Are you on (one side) or (the other)?” Pause. Me: “Well, I, gravitate toward (one perspective).” She said, “oh….” then launched into a one-way run-on sentence from “facts” off the internet supporting the other side, hers. After a very long time, I said.… Continue reading How to talk
Vote For Us 2020
I haven’t talked about my presidential campaign for quite a while. There have been a lot of distractions. I want to be perfectly up-front, I support open carry. Oregon already is open carry, but I will push for all states to fall in line. By open carry, of course I mean the open carry of… Continue reading Vote For Us 2020
Zombie parasols
The way you recognize mushrooms is the same way you learn faces. You just have to get familiar with them, like you do when you meet people, or groups of people. Here are a few notes from a fungi sermon at Hendrick’s park. It was supposed to be a walk too, but most of the… Continue reading Zombie parasols
Notifications
I bicycled over the river today in the morning fog. There were rows of spider webs catching the wind from the bridge railing, about 500 or so. Never saw them before. Saw them today because each strand carried moisture that illuminated their webs. At the arch of the bridge, there was a group of a… Continue reading Notifications
Small dog park
Today’s blog is a guest blog by a dog! It’s about a little dog park in Eugene! The pictures will speak for themselves! Go to this place! Get your person to take you there! Go Sunday afternoon! It’s very busy then! Meet dogs! So many dogs! Corgis and dachshunds, poodles and moptops, shaggy and smooth,… Continue reading Small dog park
Perseveration
Perseveration can bring heated thinking, frustration, and even anger. It’s not very fun. There is a lot of perseveration around and I think we need to cool it. I notice there is so much concern about if something is right or wrong, good or bad, healthy or unhealthy. Health and lifestyle and social understandings aren’t… Continue reading Perseveration
One morning while talking poetry
“I’m not dying yet, so I need to do something,” said Ilene. She is 88 years-old. The front deck is wet from the night’s rain. The red flowers and the orange cat glow in the grey morning light. Today we met for poetry club. Three of us gather once a month to share a poem… Continue reading One morning while talking poetry
Mindfulness beats placebo
I watched three hummingbirds sitting still near the feeder this morning. If they can stop, so can I. Technology is addictive, so I am working on more mindfulness and less electronics. I started the morning by sitting in my front room by the window. I heard dog tags jingle in passing, bird talk, car tires… Continue reading Mindfulness beats placebo
A few days in Joseph, Oregon
I didn’t rinse off my paddleboard after this trip. I wanted it to absorb and hold the water molecules of Wallowa Lake. This water is sacred. I think all bodies of water are sacred, but this lake seems acutely so. I paddled to the middle of the lake. I laid on my back, face to… Continue reading A few days in Joseph, Oregon