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roasting chiles at home

Hello, reader.  How are you?  Looks like I never posted about recently roasting chiles at home.  Here in Oregon we can roast chiles like champs.  It’s not just for California and Nevada, I have learned! fire At our request, our housemate made a fire in the backyard.  They’d had a long day at work.  I… Read More »

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what water tastes like

Hello, what have you been thinking about lately?  I’ve been thinking about what water tastes like. travel “How’s that water?” Ming asked me.  He’d just filled up my bottle for me at a fast food restaurant while we were on the road. “It tastes really different from the water that was in it before,” I… Read More »

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New Mexico

Hello, readers.  I’ve been learning about New Spain as occurred in New Mexico.  It’s really uncomfortable because it’s rearranging a lot in my head.  Things I fully believed are not true.  Sometimes learning hurts. Ming sent me this link about Santa Fe de Neuvo Mexico. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_de_Nuevo_M%C3%A9xico It hurts because it relates to my personal mythology… Read More »

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sacred time

“I never thought of detox as a sacred time,” Ming said.  He’d just read my blog post about detox and the Las Vegas Radical Mental Health Collective dance party. “Yeah, I think it is,” I said.  “Doing something different, for a good reason.  Kind of like being pregnant.  There could be suffering, but it has… Read More »

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parking lot

“Yay!  It’s a huge parking lot!  I will walk around the whole parking lot, and look at all the dumpsters!”  I wanted to walk the perimeter–the word perimeter appealed to me.  “But I almost never take anything out of the dumpsters.  I just look.  I am a good pumpkin.” “Yes, you’re a good pumpkin,” Ming… Read More »

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desert

When I was a little kid and heard about the desert, like Jesus praying there, or the devil temping him, I felt very curious about what desert is.  I was living on the coast and had never been to the desert. Desert seemed like a sacred place, where you could pray, be alone, feel raw… Read More »

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rainbow pouch

I cleaned out my rainbow pouch this morning–felt great.  I removed some loose dried rosemary that had been in the bottom of it, taken from the garden of someone I loved and never should have! Oh, sweet Laura-Marie, duped by charmers, over and over again.  Nothing like holding hands and committing–hook, line, and sinker, to… Read More »

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Mache dich, mein Herze, rein

Hey, guess what.  I’m trying to learn how to sing my favorite Bach song “Mache dich, mein Herze, rein” again.  It’s from St Matthew’s Passion.  Long ago I listened to this sacred music a lot.  Mostly on long roadtrips in the car with my ex. This is the first song I ever sang in German. … Read More »

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guest blogger gets happier

Things in the life of Guest Blogger. We are relieved the Sacred Peace Walk code GREEN 2020 event was successful. Four resgistered walkers, this COVID season. The walk Youtubed and Instagrammed. Broadcast as it has never been done before. I am happy. We then had a Nevada Desert Experience Council meeting that spawned seven more… Read More »

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night ride in Funkytown

The other morning, I was thinking about Funkytown.  Ming and I were planning our day.  “What should we do fun today?” I asked, a favorite question. “I don’t know,” he said. “Would you take me to Funkytown?” I asked. “Where’s Funkytown?” he asked. “Uh, Las Vegas?  Probably we live in Funkytown.  New Orleans?” He wasn’t… Read More »