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Good News, Bad News aka God is Funny and by Funny I mean Not Funny

Posted on Sunday, March 29, 2015

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

Posted on Sunday, February 15, 2015

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

Posted on Saturday, December 27, 2014

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

Posted on Saturday, December 20, 2014

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

Posted on Thursday, December 4, 2014

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.”

Posted on Monday, October 27, 2014

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

Posted on Tuesday, September 9, 2014

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

Posted on Tuesday, September 2, 2014

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

Posted on Sunday, August 24, 2014

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…

Posted on Sunday, August 3, 2014

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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