Theme: Self | Next Week: Bad Hair This is probably one of my favorite “self” photos, taken my my good friends Ray and Terrie. I was visiting them two summers ago in their camphosting position in Salmonberry Park in Alsea, Oregon. Ray helped me fashion a walking stick (which I’ll probably depend on for stability [...]

For me apathy is the opposite of creativity. Eat, Pray, Love was the last excellent book I read. I like fill-ins because they’re a nice way to understand other bloggers. In nature I like looking at interesting landscapes. I honestly haven’t decided yet who should win the US elections. The last time I laughed with [...]

One of my favorite books is Blue Highways: A Journey into America, by William “Least Heat” Moon (a.k.a. William Trogdon). It’s old and tattered, but I find myself turning to it when I need a “boost.” Trogdon loses his job as a university professor and his troubled marriage ends on a cold day in the [...]