Time to hit the road!

Passport arived today! Few stopes to be made at co-ops for supplies then off to mexico! Wish us luck. Seeds of change here we come! So wonderful to be caravaning with Gabriel Howearth.

Growing crazy farm!

Kayaking the Wallamet river

Floating through the water and being surrounded by a city was a great experience. Gliding under bridges and watching the hustle and bustle from the river puts a lot into perspective.

Kayaking a beautiful river so smooth and calm.

Met up with one of our favorites friends.

Old friendships reborn and florishing!

 Reconnecting with my roots on the North Umqua river was not what I was expecting while traveling through Oregon. Yet daily my mind is blown by the sequence of events that is laying out the pathway we travel. Everything I have asked the Universe for has been given to me in one form or another. Being able to look back on each moment as it passes reassures me more and more that giving this life all you can always leads to a good thing! Thank you Ellis family for such an inspirational week filled with good food, fabulous people, and beautiful music. Cant wait to meet up at the next farm!

Being able to pick right up with a friend you haven't seen since you were twelve is a pretty magical thing.

Fairy Worlds...good music, interesting inspirational crafts, family reunited.

Sept 24th 2011 A Reflection.

Traversing the Oregon countryside has filled my head with many things and my heart with even more. The vibrant colors of fall stand out in full force, bright and flavorful. Winter squash and apples sing their fluorescent pinks and reds and oranges at every pavement side farm stand. The effort put into supporting local agriculture strikes me with endearing inspiration.

I can not decide if the notion of importance surrounding fresh food from a local source has been a trend for as long as heirlooms have been around or if people have just re-mastered the art… I do know however, that California’s chic country communities got nothin’ on the long time farmers and gardeners up here. (no offence guys, its got to start some where I guess)

Along with seed saving and winter squash varieties comes something of a different nature. Although bearing the same impact. There seems to be an obvious shift of consciousness spreading like wild fire. The manner in which people initially react to the two of us is shocking, In a good way. After the welcome the same conversation follows. The pattern is that people are doing very similar things and our paths are colliding in a chatty excited crash.

Re-localizing.

Focusing on health through diet.

Striving for community within community.

I know how cliche and hippie chic this sounds, believe me. I have trained my self to be skeptical of these people dubbed as “woo-woos” So far, my radar has only been triggered once. It was pretty typical considering we were at a Fairy festival.

The heap of this makes me wonder how to transfer the marketing scheme known as the green movement into a more tangible, healthy realm where productive actions are executed for the right reasons. Funny thing is these are all such ancient ideas. Be it organic gardening or cob oven. How did we, as the human organism, move so far from such a practical, spiritually satisfying existence? Was it the industrial revolution? Holy trinity syndrome? The entire concept of a treadmill or deep fryer?

In any case, I assume it is far more suitable to focus on the solution instead of the cause of the problem. I am very grateful to say I am doing that with my Life.

Hi fives, peace and chicken grease, I'm out-y 5000