Did you know that online RV shopping is a LOT like online dating? No? I did it for you, so you don’t have to. In all seriousness, it is somewhat similar. Nice photos. Catchy list of amenities. Make appointment. Show up. Think you must be at wrong place as nothing looks like the photos. Then…
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Thoughts from the week
I feel like I’ve joined the ‘writer’s abstinence club’ of sorts lately. I think of great things to write, but I’m busily doing something else, and then I have tasks to tackle or familial bonds to reinforce with listening, advice, interventions or the like, and a dog to walk and a job, and well, then…
Monday musings of a mentalist (the British sort, not the magical sort)
I’ve been on sensory overload lately – not sure why. In this post are tidbits of thought, internal and external conversations, sights and smells, a photo or two and the requisite songs that have been running through my mind lately. Best read while drinking hot tea and listening to Jackie Greene’s “Travelin’ Song” Don’t have…
Minimalism, life and hiking
When you begin to consider carrying all that you need on your back for a few months, the contents of your home begin to loom in the mind as well. The idea of ‘comfort’, ‘luxury’ or ‘morale’ items becomes a topic of thought. We really don’t think about these things day to day, just like…
Hiking the properties, Day 1
First off, I hadn’t hiked properly in a coon’s age. Actually, I’m not sure I ever hiked ‘properly’ as in official, hiking-trail, backpacking type activities. Hiking was usually a spontaneous activity that occurred when we went somewhere that had hiking trails. We never set out and said “Let’s go hiking!” But hike we did, in…
When reality beats imagination
Yes, I know I said I’d be posting from the woods, and I didn’t. Something about being out there made me wish to eschew the computer, a rare event in my life, since nearly everything I do revolves around computers. Part of the issue was with my generators – one was more suited for phone…
Sunflower Solace Farm 