I tend to be a night owl, so most of my training hikes have been in the evenings. Monday night was no exception. After walking up the fairly well lit hills of Ashland's south side, I continued into the darkness of Siskiyou Mountain Park. A few weeks ago, while on the same path, when the way got darker, I decided not to venture into the unknown. Monday night was different.

Especially when there is moonlight, I find flashlights to be a nuisance. They tend to prevent our natural night…

This morning started well and the day just kept getting better. I was up early enough for meditation and breakfast before 10am! Usually by that time on the weekends I'm just rolling over to listen to NPR. But there was more progress to be made. First, a dear friend is moving back to Berkeley and need some help loading the moving truck. Indeed, many hands make light work. With all…

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Saturday morning I was determined to get an earlier start than most weekends. It was going to be my 'long' day of 3+ hours. While the terrain was not difficult, the distance wore me out a little. This was the longest training hike to date in both time and distance. A stop to visit the pharmacist on the way out and the way back gave me a couple of breaks. It also gave me malaria…

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First of all, a big congratulations to the Green Bay Packers and their victory over 'da Bearz'. They are living "progress", advancing to Superbowl XLV.

It feels like there has been some good progress made in my preparations to climb to Uhuru (Freedom) Peak just 25 days from now. Much has been accomplished; much is still to be done.

Thursday was my day of rest. All this walking around is great exercise, but sometimes a guy just gets…

    The purpose of spiritualizing our dimensional self is to come into wholeness and balance and to advance our perceptions.  This is a permanent shift in consciousness—an upliftment that is stabilized.  The polarities of everyday living are transcended when our dimensional self is established in spiritual wholeness.  We feel anchored in peace.  We have a neutral observer perspective that is receptive to the infinite intelligence of the universe.  We are home in…

Many of you know that over the past ten months I have incorporated…

One of my great joys is to grow my own food and I have a small 10x10 plot in the Ashland Community Garden.  With proper rotation and selection of plant varieties, I have lots of delicious, nutritious veggies to use during the  spring/summer/fall growing season.  But when Winter hits I start to run out of homegrown produce.  This…

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