Orcas, finally and beautiful it is

Yes, yes,
the ferry you can walk on
and ride for free from the island called San Juan Island,
the town Friday Harbor,
across some beautiful water
with forested woods on all side,
up to Orcas Village
on Orcas Island


fine friend Christopher Evans
picked my up
and our first stop was this
beautiful farm,
where some spare small
start
plants were available for
Christopher and
family (wife Rusty,
children, Isabella and Mona)




second stop
another beautiful farm,
pasture raised beef, eggs,
raw butter,
raw milk



did I
love
that?

You bet

stuff happens

c.k. chesterson
once wrote an essay
whose title said a
lot:

an adventure is a mishap
rightly perceived

the above plane
was supposed to take me to Orcas Island

weather demanded that it
take me only
as far
as San Juan Island

so I had to recuperate
from a day's travel
and a month in
semi-camping conditions
in a luxious
bed and breakfast

oh
well

ARCATA, beautiful, wet, not the place for me, but beautiful

the land, grand


on a sunny day, farmer's market is a delight


one twin, Ana


other twin, Gabriella


dance and spirit

Doing Less, sometimes

Sometimes a little voice
says:
do more,
more work,
more reading,
more errands,
more thinking,
more blog entries
more phone calls
more shopping
more movies

more lists
of
more things

and
sometimes
we are lucky
and just breathe
come back
to now
and


Do
less

yes

New Month, New Place: Hello Arcata (and rain)

Arcata sunset


ARCATA

a green town
a small town
a wet town

I took a long time to come to discover
public WiFi
which is right here, at the Co-op
one of the centers of the town

hello Co-op
hello green hills and fog and windy days
and a simple spirit,
almost pioneering

a great farmer's market
and
and
and


i'm either awake
or
not

simple
wonderful

thrilling
this
life
this chance

so many now's
and we can ride the wave
and be there
or
sort of be swirled
or fascinated
or plodded
or plotted
along

good
life
is choice

chose
a good
awareness

now


(if you think
it might serve you)