today is just one of those days that it is beautiful to be here ( Read more... )

as i type type type about Wilderness Experiences and their effects on our values and attitues about nature, I often think back to snippets of my experience last spring. How did it change me? Well, before the trip, a NOLS alumni warned me "be ready for a big culture shock when you get home. When I got home, phones scared me." I chuckled, and ( Read more... )

So don't get me wrong, I'm all for life philosophy and finding oneself and such. But reading tonight, I come across a very familiar sounding critism ( Read more... )

come. on. brain. turn on! poof! rise and shine, your coffee is waiting, its time to get moving!

we're not even penetrating the outer shell. More drastic techniques are needed.

*THWACK*: try to think of the offspring of a bannana and a squirrel.

ok, we've got a slight sign of life. Roger, lets move in and get this morning moving.

its been a long time. something about the self-consciousness of a journal is still holding me back from really writing. i've been living an intentionally temporal life, in all beautiful and momentary glory. But reading A's journal reminded me how nice it is to have notes that bring up old momements that i gloss over in today and tomorrow and ( Read more... )

I've been on a grand adventure to the Mexican Desert. It was seriously cool. If any of you are ever considering doing a NOLS course, I *HIGHLY* recommend it. Further stories of octipus and stormy seas and other sand-crusted matters, well, you'll just have to ask me in person. I love talking about my trip. Even if you see me in a year, I'll ( Read more... )

New York City has been treating me well. I've stayed with Galen the last week, taken a lot of great dances classes (and a few awful ones), and torn up the city with Russ and John. Tonight is a tranquil city evening. While it seems NYC would be the opposite of tranquility, I find my trips here very peaceful. I have little to do except dance. ( Read more... )

And Happy Solstice, and any other holidays you celebrate ( Read more... )

i have a lot of words in me.
the funny thing about creative writing is that i give to it, and then the joy it gives me leaves me with more than i started with. Which can be channeled into more words... or perhaps now just into starting out the window and enjoying those big pine trees by the street.

There is nowhere to start ( Read more... )