I wrote my last Monday Morning Mojo from deep in the Adirondack wilderness via text message using a new iPhone feature that allows one to text via satellite. Not always dependable, but there it is. The interface for the satellite connection resembles a game; you orient your iPhone toward the sky, and it guides you […]
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For my summer backcountry trips, I like to use themes that I learned from my 1991 vision quest and subsequent studies. Ideal for this is three full days in the wilderness, which is equivalent to four nights. Day 1 is based on the traditional idea of “crying for a vision.” Or another way of saying
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This photo is from a familiar trail I’ll be traveling along the North Fork of the Bouquet River. It’s in the great state of New York, about 50 miles south of the Canadian border and the same distance west of Burlington, Vermont. In the middle of the picture, you’ll see a special someone who will
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Last week, my family and I were in Bethany Beach. We enjoyed seven days of summer chillin’. My daughter, Ruchi, asked me to get up at dawn to go for a walk on the beach with her and her little dog, Divya. The picture above is of us at 5:30 AM, as the sun was
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Steam rises— a soft lift for the day ahead. The first sip bites, then melts. The grounds dark and disintegrating, fading like thunder rolling through last night’s sleep. Bitterness leans into comfort. Half-awake, i am in love with this dissolving dream. “Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to
After 18 months of driving with a learner’s permit, including over 60 hours logged and over 14 hours at night, Ruchi got her license last week! Last Thursday, we drove to the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration as instructed. We provided all the necessary paperwork. They told us to pull our car around the side to
I will soon be heading out for my annual backcountry camping trip, just a couple of months away now. Part of my preparation includes dehydrating food for both Kaya and me. This dramatically reduces the weight and volume, and it also allows me to prepare gourmet meals that I can rehydrate in the wilderness. Past
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Last Saturday night, I attended a performance by one of my favorite bands, the Guru Ganesha band. Guru Ganesha is a musician and spiritual teacher best known for blending sacred music from the Sikh and Hindu traditions with Western musical styles. He is the founder and frontman of his band, which delivers uplifting music often
A Bounty of Light My daughter squints through her hair in the company of Mary, sharing the shade. Wild child, she has my heart forever. The ancient icon pulls a net of brilliance across time into this moment. As from a star, a bounty of light has reached me.
I took Ruchi and her best friend (and gramma, not pictured) to see Ateez, her favorite K-pop group, in a movie theater concert. I’ve seen this show twice with Ruchi, live. Once in DC and another time in Chicago. When the movie started, Ruchi was the first to scream! It reminded Gramma and me of
