So easy to slip into a funk as the days shorten, darken, knowing 40,000 people are without homes in NYC and NJ courtesy of Hurricane Sandy, latest installment of climate change, less frequent but more horrible hurricanes due to hotter atmosphere. Not your usual storm, folks. Worse than any B [...]
Have loved each iteration of Poetry Walk, from the five I filmed early on with others for PCA, to the three with ironic beat music preceding the poets (last three years along Water St. behind Jungle Vibes). So THIS Sunday, 11am-7pm, we get to do the Walk again. Poetry Walk [...]
Fascinating how just about Thanksgiving along come familiar cravings, a need for gathering in before the cold, a desire for over-eating, giving and being given to. Just in time to begin collecting presents! Like lots of wilder creatures, I start wanting to stow stuff away. Stocking stuffers, empty tins to [...]
Whatever you would do or dream you would do, begin! said Goethe and we’re still trying to figure that out! Great films and books are essential for an active 21st Century mind, but great friends and pets are way better for walks. Take lots of walks, I say, and get thee to the countryside right outside Petaluma…so, so pretty…And then actually helping others out is what makes you grounded, being part of the local/global tribe of your choice. They still need members, you know.