From years of hiking I know that I can survive two of the following three threats simultaneously: cold, wind, and rain. But, I cannot withstand all three. Out on the trail it could be deadly. Two at a time is a real challenge, but one should be able to survive. So is it with pain […]
I am currently dealing with a chronic back problem that is flaring up as a significant acute roadblock to mobility. Just trying to pick up a bag of groceries this morning has derailed my day and maybe my week. I have friends who have lost limbs and others that are essentially having to learn to
Is everyone as fragile as I am? Read More »
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I simply had to stop what I was working on. I needed to write. Sometimes it is so obvious that the universe is trying to teach me something. Teach me something that I desperately need to know or relearn. The path is built as we walk on it either with our eyes open or closed.
Acceptance is difficult magic Read More »
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On a road that once hummed with the thoughts of men, we find ourselves in the dawn of a new epoch, where the hum has turned to a metallic whir, a cold, sterile rhythm that has replaced the heartbeats of humanity. Jack would have hated it, the relentless march of progress, not the romantic kind,
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Blog, Dark Clouds, Science
I am penny-wise and pound foolish. I take nearly everything personally. I am simultaneously too hard on myself (not enough grace) and too lenient (not enough discipline to finish things and take risks). Oh yeah, I am so over-the-top risk averse. I judge people all the time. I don’t place enough value on my time.
My many faults (Social media isn’t real) Read More »
Blog, Dark Clouds, Inspiring, It will be okay
I had just finished a beautiful and exhausting hike yesterday a little before 1PM. I was driving out from the trailhead beginning the five mile treacherous pot-hole dodging trek back down a forest road. Imagine if we actually allocated a few bucks from each of us to maintain the roads to access these national treasures?
Those who carry jumper cables Read More »
Blog, Dark Clouds, It will be okay, Travel With Me
I went to a small gathering recently and had a two hour discussion with four other people. It was my second time with this group, definitely two of the four were also at the first session I attended, one definitely not and one I am not sure of. The first time I went I left
Getting triggered is a gift Read More »
Blog, Dark Clouds, How Stuff Works, It will be okay
Trauma is inherited. You and I are still processing the pains of our forebearers. The pogroms and famines and wars and alcoholism and infidelity and sexual trauma and paper-cuts and bear attacks and everything else that everyone that came before you experienced is being processed in you and me as we type and read this.
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