FOOLISH THOUGHTS

With every closing of the year, I choose a word or a theme for the next. This year, the word that came to me is JOY. If there is anything...

What of the stories we tell about ourselves and the world are true? “It’s a poor sort of memory that only works backwards” - Queen, Alice...

How much bear are you anyway? When I see a wild animal, I wonder what lessons can be drawn from its nature. Its essence. When I was going...

Exploring the liminal with a group of fool-hearted adventurers in the wilderness. This past Sunday my collaborator, Wade (Uncanny Means),...

How does our sense of Self shift when considering our interdependence? There is an oak tree that I visit on my walks. I often pause to...

What the number zero can teach us about freedom. ~~~ In my twenties I was a substitute teacher for Special Education classrooms in the...

Trigger Warning: death ~~image of dead coyote~~ I live on a property that is butted up against the Angeles National Forest. Lots of...

Walking alone in nature, I shapeshift. Assuming the form of the oak, the rabbit, the flicker, the whale, the darkling beetle. On the...

A not so solo wilderness retreat ~~~ I recently went on a solo backpacking trip to a place I’ve spent a lot of time exploring, the...

The uneasy inner critic is no match for the blithesome inner fool. introducing the cast of my inner critic committee I have this trio of...

When I was on a backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevada of California I encountered a fool. I am an avid backpacker and early on in my...

I’ve spent much of my adulthood wondering if everyone else knows what they’re doing. I am on the stage with the other actors but I’ve...