LOOKING FORWARD — A New Year’s Collab

LOOKING FORWARD BY BARBARA K A CHERYL’S PALS COLLAB Embers fading at the end of this day, this year taking a final bow and exiting the same way as it has each year before with a bang and a flash. Snapshots recorded and tucked away and letting go of residual bitterness and pain, the old […]

Waiting for next spring – Odsherred part 2

Roervig harbour, mill and beaches Wheelman’s house, Nakke Landscapes near Klintebjerg and Lumsaas Sunset 🙂

The New Years Resolution

I’ve only ever made one New Years Resolution in my life.

How I Spent My Dark Christmas

I was planning a nice, quiet, basketball-filled Christmas.  My family was gathered 2000 miles away, and I didn’t have any local invitations, so I was going to spend the day lying around, celebrating the return of my favorite sport.  Maybe Jesus was upset about the NBA lockout, because that didn’t happen.  Nature, the wind and […]

Friendburst Christmas Lights Video Contest

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The online xmas cassette tape

Back in the 80’s I had a whole cassette tape with xmas songs. The tape broke a few years ago, but thanks to the web the songs are back X-mas project jingle bells http://youtu.be/bNe1xjycAjk King Diamond- No Presents For Christmas http://youtu.be/5a5fHMlb4V0 But this is the best one http://youtu.be/Mo3G7JPYmWU

Back on the Tour d’Joko: Bridal Veil Falls & Lake Serene Edition

My leg muscles feel like jello.  My feet ache like they’ve trampled upon by a herd of wild llamas. My knees are like those a 93 year old career ditch-digger.  Yes, I hurt.  See, I hiked 9 miles today.  That number may not sound like a tremendously long distance, even for a 41 year-old pack-a-day […]

Cooking Safari – Christmas Edition

Made this last yeaer… Found this improvised cooking show on a mixed sample one of the primaries left on my iTunes one year…  I thought it would make a lovely puppet show.

The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar : The Season of Winter

Deck the Halls : Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby Brightest Blessings and Merry Meet! The Gaian Dragon I Ching Calendar #0 : Winter Observe! Be open to the world around you, and the world within. Listen to what you are hearing. See what you are looking at. Pay attention to beginnings. Use imagination. Consider results. […]

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AGAIN — “Friday Fling”

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS AGAIN Every year right around this time I return to that place so often hidden away, that place where magic happens in sometimes surprising ways; that place where I find harmony and sweet connections; where I find no strings or hidden agendas. I return to that place, as alive now as […]