My partner and I did an old project of mine. For a long time, I'd wanted to climb the Miroir d'Argentine, have a taxi bring our stuff up to the mountain village, spend the night and climb at l'Ecuelle the next day. I had the idea on my last trip to the Miroir, but I... Continue Reading →
How Many Trees Make a Forest?
My partner is an ecologist (as a profession) and he said you can plant trees all you want, but you cannot plant a forest. There are so many intricate relationships between bacteria, soil composition, mushrooms, insects, birds and so forth, that it is almost impossible to plant a forest. What I find interesting is the... Continue Reading →
Hiding in Plain Sight
I think I've rarely been so happy in my life. I've had an ideal existence for the last week or so, and it there's a possibility that it could go on for a while more, as least a few more weeks. I wake up, meditate and do yoga. I eat breakfast, and I start working... Continue Reading →
Bob the Blob
One of the joys of getting older is the funky things your body starts doing. I just had a cyst removed from my eyebrow, Bob the Blob, and apparently this is a post-menopause thing. Your body starts collecting stuff in places it never did before (like, apparently, on your eyebrows) and getting rid of stuff... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 