All posts for the year 2014

Scars

So fellow travelers, today brings a haiku prompted by a post from my good friend and talented author Jennifer Bowman. Jennifer recently  published an ebook called Finding the Trail Head   available on Amazon.  Read it and follow her blog.  Your life will be greatly enriched.     Scars  marks of lives lived well or no we […]

Morning Dew

Good morning fellow travelers.  A gift from an early morning walk.  May peace shine in your hearts this day.   Shining field of grass Glistening sunlit diamonds Late summer gift     Walk gently on the path my friends and may adventure find you ready.

Brave New World

So fellow travelers,  I woke this morning to find myself part of a brave new world. The Chairman and admins of the Bedlam Farm creative page have started the process of migrating to a new format now known as the Creative Group at Bedlam Farm.  The page will be open for public viewing on Facebook, […]

Worldwide Myopia

So fellow travelers, I am headed up to Lake Ontario for a quick weekend of camping with a good friend.  The two of us camp together several times each season.  This is unusually late in the summer for us to meet at the campfire, but Life happens.  No time like the present, now is all […]

Gathering snipets

So fellow travelers, I have downloaded the five hundred plus photos from our west coast adventure.  I “should” be completing the blog series from my journal notes.  Instead I find myself weaving a different thread of writing this morning. And I am ok with this. A while ago I discovered a secret.  The choice to […]

Pulling Joy from Memory

So fellow travelers, we all need safe havens, spaces of respite where we retreat, knowing what we find there will soothe, uplift and even strength our spirits to continue on this journey. I am grateful to have the Bedlam Farm Creative group page as an online haven for creativity and encouragement. A visit to “The […]

Longing to Return

So, fellow travelers, for the past two weeks I have been awake in an amazing dream called Portland.  During this period I only had access to media through my phone.  I kept notes by journaling and posting phone shots on my Facebook Wall. For the next few days, in between laundry, a mountainous backlog of […]

Sunrise in a Tent

So fellow travelers, having just returned from a rather damp camping trip I am unpacking and  drying our gear even as we prepare for a two week excursion out to the West Coast.  So little time, so much to post.   One quick  haiku for now   Sunrise in a tentclash of night time storms […]

Warriors for Light : Morning with a Rose

So, fellow travelers, another theme running through the Bedlam Creative Group Page is called Warriors for Light.  Our mentor, Jon Katz refers to his process of photography as “chasing the light.”   In support of  Jon during his recent bypass surgery, we followed the lead of photographer Deborah Glessner by posting images under the Warriors […]

Ripples

So fellow travelers,  this moment bubbled to the surface during my morning meditation by our pond.     Golden fish surface sudden ripples remind me every thought matters   One of the most significant aspects of learning to meditate was becoming aware of  the stream of negative thoughts I was generating.  I was astounded to […]