37 bar falls 29.69 0mph NW windchill 36 Samhain New Moon (Moon of Long Nights) As many of you know, my brother Mark lives in Bangkok. Thailand is almost invisible in the American press, so you may not have noticed … Continue reading
Kate and I will head over to Beisswingers in a few minutes. The lawn tractor has had a checkup, gotten set up for winter storage and had its blades sharpened. It will go in the machine shed, the one back … Continue reading
From the Faraway Nearby The Most Radical Thing You Can Do Staying home as a necessity and a right by Rebecca Solnit Published in the November/December 2008 issue of Orion magazine LONG AGO the poet and bioregionalist Gary Snyder said, … Continue reading
Quick note: Finally, after over 4 years I’ve cleared obstacles between garage bays, set up during and just before the renovation. Much better. Today I also changed the nutrient solution in the hydroponics and tried again to the encourage the … Continue reading
Never give children a chance of imagining that anything exists in isolation. Make it plain from the very beginning that all living is relationship. Show them relationships in the woods, in the fields, in the ponds and streams, in the … Continue reading
29 bar rises 29.97 2mph SSE windchill 28 Samhain New Moon (Moon of Long Nights) Day after. No turkey hangover. But. I have begun to reset my clock for a 10:30 bedtime. Soon I’ll be able to get up early … Continue reading
“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart Here is a Zen koan on thankfulness: The Giver Should Be Thankful While Seisetsu was the master of Engaku in Kamakura … Continue reading
21 bar steady 30.04 0mph NNW windchill 21 Samhain New Moon (Moon of the Long Nights) Kate produced a wonderful, one-hour Thanksgiving meal. Cornbread stuffing, turkey breast with a chili-rub and an herbal seasoning under the skin, mashed potatoes, our … Continue reading
One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the White House from across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he’d been sitting on a park bench. He spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, “I would like to go … Continue reading
20 bar falls 30.52 1mph ESE windchill 19 Samhain Last Quarter of the Dark Moon Second graders from a dual-language immersion school trailed after me through the museum. We went up on the elevator, always a hit and proceeded once … Continue reading