Dispatches From the Funky Butte Ranch
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Six Sense Serenade: The Promotion of Now
Why on Earth are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. –J. Lennon One of the lasting lessons I learned early on my first extended trip into true wilderness (recently and probably soon again to be known as the Planet) — which expedition was a bush plane drop off in a wolf-heavy spot in Western…
Indigenous Plus Netflix: “It’s Cool Because It’s Old” Also Applies to Plants
Breaking News: My recent Conan O’Brien appearance is airing again on Monday (November 19) – Check it on TBS in your time zone. Helpful and supremely fun but non-mandatory pre-viewing reading: http://amzn.to/SJIs5i In This Latest Dispatch: Do Washington and Colorado Have You Singing “God Bless America”? You Haven’t Begun to Hear All The Good News: Stanford’s On Board, Tucson’s Mayor’s…
America Adapts: The Drug Peace Transition Looks to Be a Smooth One
Well, We Can Add C-Span’s BookTV To the Vast and Growing List of Mainstream Media Venues Whose Deciders Seem Fine With An Hour-long, Nationally Broadcast Invocation For the Drug Peace Conan’s on Board (along with Pat Robertson and Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State George Shultz) Best of all, well, there’s nothing like a 30 minute television interview…
PSYCHC CROSS-TRAINING: Leaving Rural Ranch Life (At the Peak of Monsoon!) For Book Tour Sushi And a Possible End To the Drug War
*BREAKING NEWS: CLICK FOR BILL MAHER’S REVIEW OF TOO HIGH TO FAIL IN THE NEW YORK TIMES* While I was packing for the above television appearance last week (despite not owning a television, though Netflix and Hulu make rapid familiarization a lot easier), I was reflecting somewhat wistfully that I can’t bring much unpasteurized Funky Butte Ranch goat…
Still Seeking Double Digits In The Land of The Eduringly Free (Or, Transcending Even The ‘Most People Would Rather Be Here’ Fall-back Realization)
Over the past five years, I’ve on at least three distinct occasions come to be grateful literally beyond words for a style of music I appreciate even though (and very possibly because) I can’t understand the lyrics. Recently I added Desi-electronica to this
Appreciation Overlap: Why the Funky Butte Owls Are Family
It was so quiet on my canyon run this morning that the wing thrusts of the resident courting ravens’ wings actually echoed as they dove. I heard each one distinctly twice. Always a good sign when it comes to emotional health — theirs and mine.
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