Current reading material spread about my house:Rolling Stone MagazineAir Guitar by David HickeyFollies by Ann BeattieTHE WEEKVanity Fair (which includes Joseph E. Stiglitz’s esteemed essay on the [...]
Visualization is powerful. The thought that in the next year (give or take) I will leave this mountain followed me all day. In many ways, my world felt bigger, as though giving myself the chance [...]
I’m starting to visualize a different place to live. In a city, where I can walk to what I need and be exposed to things that force me to think outside the box. In this visualization, I start to [...]
Today I wrote the draft intro to the footbridges book. Here goes: The idea came slowly at first, like snowmelt filtering down a mountain stream. I’d been told the swinging footbridges are [...]
1. I resolve to save $2,009 in 2009.2. I resolve to lose 20 pounds by summer 2009.3. I resolve to run 3 miles in under 30 minutes in 2009.4. I resolve to meditate for at least 10 minutes everyday [...]
Books I’ve read this month:Between Panic and Desire by Dinty W. MooreHow All This Started by Pete FrommThe Hearts of Horses by Molly GlossAn Invisible Sign of My Own by Aimee Bender [...]
Life at the dojo has been different for quite some time. Rent increased in November but Hanshi and Dori didn’t raise our monthly dues (only $60 for 12 classes, as it is—a steal!). However, they [...]
I am happy to report that I bought all local, all handmade this year, with a conscious effort to support the area artists. See pictures (unprofessional) on my website by clicking here. John Lara, [...]
Ok. I am officially taking a chill pill. I freaked out for a few days and now realize why: It is incredibly hard to live in the present while simultaneously looking for jobs, grants, fellowships, [...]
