Adventuring in the World and Spirit
Posted in Cabin Building Adventure, Primitive Living and Bush Craft on May 7th, 2010
I found myself looking at the trees and cloudless blue sky and feeling a sense of joy. Then I realized that I had found some sort of balance in living between seemingly opposing worlds. I feel halfway between the forest and humanity, halfway between carefree and responsible, halfway between selfish and selfless. By looking at [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 16th, 2010
It’s been a month and several days since I got back from my motorcycle trip through Central and South America. I’ve had quite a time adjusting as everything has changed. My trip gave me the time to think and open up. When I returned, Joan and I decided to separate. In Italics below is the [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Mar 5th, 2010
Wow! I visited Cueva de las Manos (Cave of the Hands) which is a Unisco World Heritage Site. As you can see from the pictures it is amazing. I could feel the ancient people around the area as their hand prints and drawings jumped out of the rock walls. The feeling was so positive and [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Mar 1st, 2010
I enjoyed walking around the market in Uyuni. There was a full gamet of itmes for sale, ranging from miniature DVD players with LED screens to dessicated hawks and healing herbs. I bought some wood that has a beautiful smell and can be burned as a puryifying smoke. It has a wonderful smell, even when [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Feb 12th, 2010
I woke up early and spent the morning working on the bike. One of my new friends had a spare mirror that he gave me. I used some baling wire and duct tape to shape a ball for the new mirror to fit around. Around 11am I bed farewell to the four Colombians and struck [...]
Posted in Motorcycling Central and South America on Jan 19th, 2010
Yesterday was the first day of Spanish classes. My teacher’s name is Flory and she loves little flowers and butterflies. In fact we were visited by a Monarch Butterfly as we were talking. I was telling her and this place about Mt. Washington. As I did this, it was very natural for me to bring [...]