• A Course In Simplicity

    A Course In Simplicity

    Want to simplify your life? You’re not going to do this, but If you were serious in a perfect world, you would google “estate sale company <your city>”, call the first number, give them a key to your house and a piece of paper with an address to mail the check to.  Walk away. Don’t…

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  • Peace, Love, and Second Thoughts

    Peace, Love, and Second Thoughts

    You never forget your first time. My first time was in 1969 in front of Florida State University. I was with my Mom and a couple thousand of our friends at a war protest the first time I was tear gassed. I’m an old hippy. I was raised by many of our founders and great…

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  • The Dream of Consciousness: A Meditation on Being

    The Dream of Consciousness: A Meditation on Being

    Imagine, for a moment, being an infinite intelligence floating in the void. Not floating as we understand it—there is no up or down, no space or time, no reference points at all. Just… awareness. Infinite, unbounded awareness. And then, stirring within that limitless consciousness, something new emerges: desire. But what does desire mean when you…

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  • Vanishing Freedom

    Vanishing Freedom

    The Vanishing Freedom of Mobile Living: A Global Perspective The American Dream of freedom on the open road is increasingly colliding with a wall of municipal ordinances and prohibitive costs. Having lived this mobile lifestyle since 2007 – in everything from sailboats to motorhomes, from tents to hotels, across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and…

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  • Nice Clothes

    Nice Clothes

    One of the things about simple living is the few things we own can be “nicer” because we don’t distribute budget across extra items. Instead of six or seven pairs of sixty dollar shoes we can have two pairs of two hundred dollar shoes. And if we shop at Nordsrtom Rack, that’s two pairs of…

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