When last I posted about choosing where you live I promised some methodologies. Left brain/right brain? Subjective/objective? Let’s not go there for now. Starting from the purely rational or practical approach, my recommendation is to do a simple self assessment of what is important to you (and any significant others involved–spouse, family, intimate friend, etc.). Are recreational [...]
Continue reading about Methodologies for deciding where to live
Thirty-one years ago, among other reasons, I began practicing Buddhism to make better decisions. Actually, not just to make better ones but to decide period. I had no difficulty seeing alternatives but real difficulty choosing among them. Over the years I have become better at it but from time to time it still comes back to [...]
We visited Alamogordo and Cloudcroft yesterday–just as potential alternates if we decide that Silver City is not the place to be. They would likely be a winter/summer combination. The former is about 4,300 feet; the latter close to 9,000. So you can guess the difference in weather. That’s part of the methodology we think makes [...]
I liked Talian, but I think I like this one better. Still have to get a couple bugs out, but it is mostly there. The poll, which I had on the left in Talian is now on the right–as you can see. So do let me know what you think. Also, for those of you [...]
Continue reading about Still Changing the View–of the Views from Eagle Peak
OK, very punny. Anyway, because changing the template of a Wordpress blog is WAY easier than migrating a website to a new version of Joomla (and adding lots of new content), changes are coming first here. I am still working on it live as I post this, so there will still be a few more updates in the [...]
Continue reading about A New Look–Or Should I Say A New View
A little more than a week ago we met a couple in a cafe in Pinos Altos, a village a few miles up the hill from Silver City (population about 10,000). We exhanged pleasantries, discussed the pros and cons of life in the vicinity (they had moved here a few years ago; we are contemplating it) [...]
It’s Father’s Day so I am taking a break. My father is long gone–only a dim memory remains and what I know from others. He died when I was seven. I am a father but away from the young persons (no longer children but not quite fully functional adults even at 22 and 25) while [...]
Eclectic it may be, this blog still needs a focus. That focus is coming, in the form of attention to changes forthcoming in America. Not just the ones Obama hopes will put him in the White House, but the kinds that futurists talk about. Unlike other past and present futurists, I want to offer more realistic and [...]
They work in the mine or temporary construction projects, leaving family behind. They’re young and transient, finding work where they can. One just left for a better job in Alaska; a long haul from New Mexico for a Washington State resident. Another leaves today for Wyoming, with his parents hauling the trailer back to Arizona [...]
Continue reading about There are stories here, among the monthly KOA dwellers
It’s amazing how spam drops off when posting does. Now that we have arrived and set up the RV shop in New Mexico, I can get back at it. Along the way in getting here we were protected and continue to be protected by our Buddhist practice and unfolding mission. Although we suffered a leaky [...]