In the Flow at the Hog Farm

In the Flow at the Hog Farm

by | Jun 20, 2023 | Music

  The Hog Farm Hideaway is a three day music festival held on a bucolic ranch in southern Mendocino County, California.  The following is my reflection on one particular morning there. There are moments in life when you just get into the flow. Like a slow float...
Camp Loma

Camp Loma

by | Sep 10, 2022 | Friends & Family, Music

The narrow two-lane road that leads us in is a snake; a slithering S  winding its way over the Santa Cruz Mountains. Civilization slowly melts away as we make our way through a tunnel of redwood, bay laurel and madrone trees, over dry creek beds, a cascade of small...
Love Like Kimmy

Love Like Kimmy

by | Aug 18, 2022 | Friends & Family

I had to run to Safeway the other day to pick up a few items. If I’m in a hurry I sometimes use one of the automatic checkout kiosks, yea they’re dehumanizing and one of the many manifestations of our increasingly impersonal society, but when I want to get out of the...
Kim

Kim

by | Aug 11, 2022 | Friends & Family

The fragility of life came into pinpoint focus for me last week when I learned of the passing of my dear friend Kim Kenney. How could such a shining beacon of light and love be extinguished so quickly? I last saw her two months ago at a three day music festival up in...
October Rain

October Rain

by | Oct 29, 2021 | Meditations, Nature

A week ago Sonoma County, where I live, received its first substantial rainfall of the season. By the time the deluge had passed, nearly 8 inches of rain had fallen over a 24 hour period. It rained last night. I mean it really rained. This was not the fleeting storm...