Jun 24
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. ~ Henry David Thoreau At sixteen years old, I checked out Thoreau’s book Walden at the library …
Jun 21
It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it’s still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, encounter the grizz, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit …
Jun 18
One of my favorite running routes on Oahu is up Diamond Head road to the lookout. Over four years ago I stood there after a run, looking out at the ocean and decided I wanted to move to Hawaii. And I noticed a plastic bag in a tree. A black, plastic bag, knotted and wrapped …
Jun 16
Like a car wreck you can’t help but look at, I sat in front of my computer for hours last night watching the riots unfold live in Vancouver, with an ever growing pit of sickness in my stomach. When I finally got up from my seat, the sun had set and the house was dark …
Jun 13
My Clean book is tattered, has food stains and wrinkled, bent pages; surely a good sign at the close of my first week on the cleanse. I must admit, I have spent more time at Whole Foods, in my kitchen, and doing research more than anything else this week, but am quite enjoying myself and …
Jun 10
I think the people that inspire us most, are those that live in the moment and are able to bring our own dreams to the surface. I am inspired by my friend David today. He stopped by this morning, so we talked about life while I blended up my super clean green breakfast concoction. I’ve …
Jun 08
When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused. ~Rainer Maria Rilke
Jun 03
I am embarking on a three week cleanse and Brian commented that all I would be doing for the next month is ‘renting movies and drinking smoothies,’ to which I promptly replied, ‘Thank you, that will make an excellent blog title.’ I have wanted to do a full cleanse and detox for many years, but …