Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into ...

I can believe things that are true and things that aren't true and I can believe things where nobody knows if they're true or not. I can believe in Santa C...

Resilient ~ able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions. Rising Appalachia ~ Resilient How is everyone doing out there? I thought I would ...

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in it...

The wheel is turning and you can't slow down, You can't let go and you can't hold on, You can't go back and you can't stand still, If the thunder don't get y...

I would say that the thrust of my life has been initially about getting free, and then realizing that my freedom is not independent of everybody else. Then I...

Well hello there. Its been awhile since I've done a post. What's that old John Lennon saying, Life is what happens while your making plans.... After much con...

Outsider art is a term used for any work of art produced by an untrained idiosyncratic artist who is typically unconnected to the conventional art world. The...

So what is this word Koyaanisqatsi? It is the Hopi word for unbalanced life. In 1982 I discovered this experimental film directed by Godfrey Reggio. It is a ...

Recently a friend of mine sent me this video. Thank you Nancy! Well ,it started kind of an obsession for awhile. I love what this mother daughter partnership...

I've been getting ready for a wonderfully decadent event in Rapid City this Saturday. Lots of local chocolate merchants and crafts people from the region. Wh...

Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive. ~ Dalai Lama In a crazy upside down world the only way we will surv...

Its a beautiful snowy day here in the Black Hills. I wanted to take the time to say thank you to everyone who made 2018 a wonderful year full of changes and ...

I've been settling into my new home these past few weeks. I guess I'm still in the "Is This Real ?" stage. The shop is coming around nicely. It takes a bit t...

Easter & April Fools all in one day. I've always been a fan of both. Being a person who appreciates the meaning of things I wonder the significance of both o...

The only way out is through. Robert Frost I have been wanting to go check out the Whitewater Mesa Labyrinths for the longest time. Last week I finally made t...

Wild women are an unexplainable spark of life. They ooze freedom and seek awareness, they belong to nobody but themselves yet give a piece of who they are to...

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.~ A.A. Milne Its hard to believe that 2017 is alm...

There are many traditions this time of year. As I have written in the past I enjoy looking deeper into these holidays we celebrate. I was looking for informa...