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Bullet Journal: my best inanimate friend

3 October 2019 18 Comments

Bullet Journal: my best inanimate friend

Embarrassing revelation: when I look at this grubby, scuffed little yellow notebook—my bullet journal—I feel a genuine affection. A warm, swelly sensation in my heart, such as one might feel for a dear friend, or humankind. It’s odd, yes, but also kind of cool. It makes me ponder the concept of inanimate friends, like the […]

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: bujo, bullet journal, inanimate friends, productivity

So Much to Tell You

28 August 2018 18 Comments

So Much to Tell You

It’s a little house on a hundred acres of oak forest. A canyon built like a cradle where, over 31 months, I’ve clambered, climbed and connected. I fell in love here. Today has been my last day on the ranch. We’re moving 3000 miles across the country to another forest and another home, starting tomorrow. […]

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: North Star Ranch, road trip, saying goodbye

Tricked

20 July 2018 22 Comments

Tricked

I was given a new piece of America last night. By a coyote. Marty and I were coming home from our evening walk when we spotted the bouncy gait of the coyote in the pasture. Just a few shades off the tone of the gold-brown summer grass, he swept across the plain as if he […]

Filed Under: Blog, News Tagged With: coyote, mythology, native american mythology, plans, shattering, trickster

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