Going Alone

August 12, 2019 Dear Eric, I had an interesting conversation with someone yesterday - a Christian friend - who commented that he thought I

Reflecting on The Good Life after a nice summertime swim in the sea near the Bette Davis House in Laguna Beach, California. My name is...

Completing my formal study of the Bible.

Upon further investigation I keep discovering that the cold depth of nature goes further and deeper than I'd ever thought.

I wrote this to describe the feeling I get when I hike away from Siberia ghost town, towards and into the low mountains to the north.

It's flattery to call my muse a corpse, as she is so much less...

I fear no social circumstance For I've been to Mt. Wildness

...is good fortune." -Marcus Aurelius I've struggled a bit lately with maintaining my balance through life. It's not a deep issue or...

My adventure this week was fruitful in many ways, including the addition of several strange and new cryptic runes upon the windshield of...

Last week, I posted that I’d learned that the God of the Bible has a wife. I then received three responses from believers: One person...

A great threat to our well-being is the fact that we begin to fade long before we can sense ourselves diminishing. The process begins...

I enjoyed an interesting talk with a friend today where we touched briefly on the differing ways in which people pace the moments of...

I drove past an estate sale today. The very concept brought me back to Japan, and the life I'd formerly lived selling whatever goods...

Mostly, we think of retirement as something to do at the end of a career. For some, this may turn out to be the end of life... For though...

This document is the official transcript of the Cold Gate hike. This was a very scary adventure. Not so much during the hike itself, but...

DAY ONE ALONE The Return to Siberia countdown timer says I’ll be there tomorrow. Actually, I’ll be there tonight. Let’s go! Last week's...

When I pulled in to Siberia I was already unsure. Unsure and uncertain of why the mystery and seclusion of this place had been seemingly...

I encountered this quote today of Nathaniel Hawthorne, relating his impression of the humor and intellect of aged men. I do not believe...

My friend Shea Roberts in Japan invited me to join him on his podcast. We talked about many interesting topics, including #Japan the...

I ran across the following Ralph Waldo Emerson quote today while listening to an audio recording of his classic, Self Reliance. I've...