To love him.

Noam Chomsky Learning about Noam Chomsky suffering from a stroke a couple of days ago at 95 years has got me going back and listening to talks of his. One of my inspirations for starting this website was a stubborn…

Nettles and the Sting of Spring

Spring fever is here, along with a reminder about one of our most valuable allies- Vitamin nettle~~ Urtica dioica I remember hearing about a hay bale on a friends property acting as the perfect accidental host for a thriving nettle…

20 years on/20 years off

social meeds reflections, boundaries, free palestine In the Spring of 2005 my friend and I essentially locked ourselves in the Hartwick College Anthropology lab (with a notorious closet full of skulls) until our finals were over and graduation was in…

What a great moment with a friend…

I got to interview my friend Vollie McKenzie at the Madison County Arts Council yesterday and hear some songs that he’s recorded with friends and mentors, and a handful of live ones. We had a great conversation about life and…

And now we begin

“A master of reiki Waved his hands over me And said I eat too much steak And hold on too long to ancient aches And both are so hard On my heart Oh, I try to be a good person…

New Site!

I can’t believe how proud I am of designing my own self-hosted website.  I’ve designed a few websites before and it’s a pretty intuitive process but this was a bit of a different monster.  Alas, wanting to offer you all…