Save the Environment: Start by Being Kind to One Another

This is the best thing I have heard all week! Keep in mind, it is only Monday, so who knows where this week will go! Last night I had the pleasure of hearing Dr. John Francis give a talk at Spirit Rock in Marin.  Hearing John speak is an interesting experience because there was a …

Do you know when to stop and stand still?

From Andy Couturier's book, The Abundance of Less

Thought for the day

Written on a board at work

Somebody ought to write a book.

My random thought for today. I know that those few of who still read this blog (dramatic pause...crickets chirping) will not understand. Despite that fact, I need to put this silly thought out into the world.  Its probably not wise for me to post this on Linked-In, and I dropped Facebook...so here I am, random …

Winter on the Carretera Austral!

I was bored last night, looking through old pictures, and started wondering what the riding the Carretera in the winter would be like.  Look what I found!  Nicholas Gault did it and blogged about it. Apparently lots of others do too! Holy S#%T! I need to man up. California has made me so soft. 😛 …

The Courage to Live Consciously

“Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience failure and rejection repeatedly. You may endure multiple dysfunctional relationships. But these are all milestones along the path of a life lived courageously. They are your private victories, carving a deeper space within you to …

Adventure Inspiration

Hello world. I haven't written here in forever.  Not much to say today, but I wanted to share what inspires me, maybe it inspires you. This  is a new video I just found featuring Lee Craigie. Mountain bikes, rafting and camping! What else could you ask for?  I love the message at the end (starting …

200 More Words – Standing still.

Its been a long time since I wrote here.  The plan at one point was to attempt to write "200 crappy words a day".  It was a great plan, but clearly I got off track. So I am back today, starting this up again. Yep, more of my rambles. So today’s question, when was the …

200 Word Days

I forget who the novelist is, but when asked how he was able to produce so many books her reply was something along the lines of “just write 200 crappy words a day”. She explained that if you could just do that every day, occasionally you would write 1000 beautiful words. Keep going and eventually …

Why this trip? 2.0 – Re-entry and real honesty

I owe the world an apology. OK, maybe an apology is the wrong thing. I owe it to the world, and to you, to be real. Though I wrote a blog for part of my trip, I must admit I was really hesitant to do it. Yes, I wanted my friends and family to not …