On Socialization (again)
January 28, 2014 in Education
It’s a topic that comes up from time to time. People wonder how in the world kids can possibly be “properly” socialized without school. Or without several hours a day […]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
While the Bannock Bakes: On walking & poetry
January 24, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
Winter has come, in earnest. And with it, bitter cold. Blackwater Creek, which rushes just below the window where I’m wrapped in a down blanket with a cup of hot […]
On finding home, and unwrapping a past life
January 20, 2014 in North America, Travelogue, United States
The only sound is the water rushing in the creek below my window. Occasionally a moo from one of the cows in the barn. During daylight hours, the chickens clucking […]
On Love, Leaving & the Last Leg
January 15, 2014 in Canada, North America, Travelogue, United States
The raspberries tasted like summer. Warm sun on prickly green leaves. The lazy buzz of Dad’s honey bees going about their work. The electric anticipation of the air in advance […]
Duane Forrest: One Man Can Change The World: On Genesis, Selfishness & Serendipity
January 9, 2014 in Canada, Honduras, Inspiration, North America, Travelogue
4:40 a.m. I am awake. My brain is writing. I don’t know why this happens to me. Perhaps it’s just that the middle of the night is the only quiet […]
On winter and walking
January 7, 2014 in Canada, Travelogue
Two months ago, today, I was sitting on Kailua beach with my friend Powell,working our way through a bottle of wine, watching our big babies splash in the surf. Hawaii […]
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