Six Month Update #1

Here I sit. At camp in the Smoky Mountains. Well, they all call them the GREAT Smoky Mountains. I guess it is all about perspective.  I hit my six month mark. I cannot believe that much time, and yet so little time, has even passed. In fact, I have very little sense of time these…

Almost Heaven

Country roads…. take me home…. to the place I belong! West Virginia….. Yes, that is where I currently am and I cannot get that beloved John Denver song out of my head. I looked at a map the other day. I mean a map of the entire country. Holy shit balls have I traveled a…

Dear Young People

I am writing to you, but also to myself. I am writing to the me of years passed, and to the me of today. I write to and for every young person embarking on their life’s journey. This post, dear young friends, is for you. I have been in cold and rainy weather with beautiful and…

FOMO2

I previously talked about this sense of anxiety when I visited the Rain Forest of Washington. There was so much to do and see, and yet the weather was making it difficult for me to have a good time. I did not want to leave, but I had to. I needed to be warmer and…

Then the Clouds Parted

I woke up feeling great. I had gotten over that wall I hit and was feeling the vibrational pull of the Pilgrim’s journey. I was rested and happy and ready to start my day. It was raining. In fact, it was storming just a little bit. It rained most of the night; what I remember,…

Hitting a Wall

I had a bad day the other day. One where nothing seemed to mesh, where I felt out of sync, out of sorts. I mean, nothing bad happened. It was not like that. There were no accidents or injuries, no illnesses or health scares. I just hit a wall and I hit it hard. It…