Good News, Bad News aka God is Funny and by Funny I mean Not Funny
When I was a kid I used to play a game with friends called Good News…
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Photo of the Week: Almond Blossoms at Yosemitebear Mountain Farm
Our days have been unseasonably warm. The first almond blossoms appeared in late January…
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Reflecting on a Year of Riding the Wind
Sitting here at “home” in California I am hard-pressed to believe what has transpired in the past year. Loaded with lessons, new challenges, new sights, and best of all, new…
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A December Afternoon in Yosemite National Park, California
Recent heavy rains mean the road to Yosemite is littered with small rockslides and orange autumn leaves. After months and months of…
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An Autumn Morning at Yosemitebear Farm, California
I wake in a sweat. Cold at bedtime, it’s impossible to imagine that I could ever be warm again and I fall asleep with the heater on high. And wake every morning in a sauna with hair that is more wet…
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Fighting Demons in Mariposa: “It’s not you. It’s me.”
One might imagine that by staying in one place, my life has become mundane and predictable. Not even close. I thank the universe for the…
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Sweating it Out in Mariposa: Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony
My partner, Bear, has been involved in Yosemite’s Native American community for 28 years. His former wife is from the band of Yosemite…
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Culture Shock at the Mariposa County Fair: California, USA
Who would have guessed that after 17 months of traveling around the world, serious culture shock would occur right here in California? Just 170 miles from my hometown of San Francisco, an…
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Change, Dilemmas, Acceptance and Happiness: A Journey Within
For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes…
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And Just When I Thought I Had it Figured Out…
Being a continuous nomad opens one up to all possibilities. This can be scary, thrilling, exciting, and difficult. Like a seed on the wind, I never know where life will take me. I like it like that, although some…
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