So fellow travelers, this past week brought waves of joy, healing, grace and some damn fine rock and roll I am still integrating the experience and as the insights begin to take coherent form those will be shared with my favorite images of the week’s events and memories. For now, having traveled to PDX, I …
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So fellow travelers, last night, at a small music club, Switchfoot gave a special performance for the fans who have gathered for their 2019 Getaway week leading up to the Bro-Am beach festival later this week. It was a once in a lifetime concert experience. Honestly, every concert I have seen them play since the …
Eye Eternal
So fellow travelers, the adventures of summer are off to a most auspicious beginning. Yeah, I know it is hard to even tell what this is . Here look closer That is part of a whale’s back breaking the surface of the water as it feeds in the channel near Anacapa Island off the coast …
Relentless
So fellow travelers, the rain this Spring has been relentless. I tell myself I can’t complain if I truly intend to move to the PNW, so, I take it as a kind of meteorological training program and I say things like, “At least we don’t have to shovel the driveway or brush off the car.” …
The Bird in my Heart
So fellow travelers, you know that expression about a bird in hand being worth two in the bush? Well, how many birds would one from the heart equate to? Once a year, since 2006 on the third Saturday of May, I set out on a special birding adventure called Birdathon. Essentially, it’s a 24hr birding …
Late Bloomers
So fellow travelers, those reluctant lilacs I wrote about several weeks ago have finally come out of hibernation. Given the constant rain and chilly temperatures I surely do not blame them for holding out as long as they could. For goodness sake, it was 45° this morning! Refilling the suet feeders my hands were so …
Washed Out
So fellow travelers, last week the weather app on my phone pinged to alert me to a “continued precipitation and flood watch” forecast. Relentless rainfall has washed away all my short and long term hiking plans for several weeks now. No fire tower challenges undertaken, no walks along park paths to look for spring visitors …
Mixed Messages
So fellow travelers, this has been quite the week of mixed messages. A few decades ago, in my more pugnacious days I would have exerted tremendous effort in sorting the squabbles out. Presently, being in a transitional phase as work wanes towards retirement, I’m leaning towards an unusually benign state of letting the babble die …
Eggs-istential Hunt
So fellow travelers, it seems this morning’s little haiku has opened a gateway to a lot more words and an awareness of what was missing. As more experiences in my daily life connect to my inner journey, it has become impossible to filter Spirit out of my writing. Close friends and fellow creatives tell me …
Easter Blossoms
So fellow travelers, today is Easter Sunday and it dawned appropriately shrouded in mist. Being in a bit of a fog myself lately, this mood of ponderous mystery felt somewhat comforting, as if the gods and goddesses of earth and air had gently acknowledged my dispassionate sentiments. Unable to voice the emotions eddying within and …