The mindset of Western and European people is fundamentally influenced by our crappy weather. When I want to take my kids out of doors, we have to hunt for a large list of essential clothing: Coats Shoes Socks Baby Legs (but my 5 year old insists we call them “leggings,” and if I call [...]
Like many Americans, I have gone bankrupt because of our for-profit health insurance system. Unlike most Americans, I am leaving the system altogether, and coming to Costa Rica. International moves are expensive, but the cost of repatriation dwarfs the risk of becoming financially crippled for simply getting sick. My daughter has a pre-existing condition. She is four years old. There is a cyst on [...]
Today, I had the good fortune of working on two separate editing projects Writing -Editing: a nonfiction book proposal Video - Editing: a 30 minute multicamera interview and I learned a valuable insight. Editing is the process of removing the fluff that helps us tell our stories. This fluff, consisting of ums, false [...]
A Marketing Guru for the Holistic Community It takes a special kind of person to walk in both worlds: the etheric spiritual world that fuels our soul, and the practical business world that satisfies our needs. While many spiritual practitioners may be exceptional at what they do, if people don't know about them, they don't [...]
My daughter has a dream-friend called Moonhorse. She visits Moonhorse in her dreams, and he flies with her up to the moon, where they have friends (like Yojo the Unicorn) and they play games and have adventures. A few weeks ago, Indilea made a painting for Moonhorse, and wanted me to leave it out on [...]
Parkour athletes care about their own safety much more than any bystanders could. And it's not because we fear pain, or because we are excessively scrupulous in observing the proper way of doing things. We are overly concerned with our own safety because one minor injury can take Parkour away from us for three months. [...]
The words 'Pura Vida' when translated literally mean, 'Pure Life.' When taken in its most metaphysical sense, this is the correct way to use it. What is curious about the Costa Rican culture is that everyone uses this term, everywhere. Bank tellers say it to customers at the front of the line. Strangers say it [...]
We are repatriating! As I recently told my friends (as in, those who subscribed to my newsletter...hint hint) I am moving to Costa Rica at the end of the summer. My whole family is coming with me. My wife's parents, my two kids, my wife, and me, all going down south to live in Tropical [...]
Portland is a pretty mossy place. Moss needs three things to grow in abundance: Lots of water Little sunshine No movement As a city, and an ecology, Portland is filled with abundance. Things don’t just grow here; they proliferate here. With that abundant proliferation, there is little incentive to chase after life lustily, because it [...]
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” -Robert F Kennedy Parkour is a young man’s sport. It is fraught with danger, and inspires me to be more dangerous than it is prudent for me to be. Sometimes, I receive my just payment for participating in danger: an injury that lays me [...]