Poetry and Love (and dogs)- Self Medicating with Poetry

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I’ve just been through an interesting health challenge, a spinal fusion surgery about ten days ago. It went really well, but now I have a ton of time on my hands. I’ve been flipping back through my notebooks, and it’s clear that coming into the procedure, I was heavily self-medicating with poetry. Increasingly, I take … Read more

Small Prints in Old Snow- on the futility of a lifetime of “thinking”

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The other night, I was lying in bed before sleeping. The house was still, my wife asleep beside me, my dog snoring softly in her bed across the room. Amid this deep quiet, I began to try to feel all of the sensations that were rising to my mind from each of the senses. And … Read more

long slow breath – gentle words for this day

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My friend turned to me in distress- I don’t know what to do, he said. I used to have a purpose. I was once a “Somebody.” Now I don’t know what to do with a single day! Don’t you understand, I may need to fill twenty years of days like this!! long slow breaththis dayis … Read more

Trekking Wild Puma in Patagonia

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Last month, as part of a trip to Chilean Patagonia and Antarctica, we had the extraordinary opportunity to trek wild Pumas on some private land adjacent to Torres Del Paine National Park. We were led by a terrific guide and photographer, Rodrigo Moraga (https://www.rodrigomoragaz.com) All of this organized superbly as always by Epic Private Journeys … Read more