Aradia here…I know you missed me. It seems ages and ages since I’ve written anything in this format, and that is coming from someone who at times seemed like, could never STOP blogging.

For some reason, the day in and day outs of life around here, just haven’t been nearly as exciting as the endless backpacking around the world that was my 20s. Without quite as much too prattle on about, it still has been pretty amazing, it involved a lot of sleeping and lot catching up on basics. A... read more

First of all...
We are okay... considering everything, quite well really.
Sprained ankle, Sprained lumbar, whiplash doesn't seem THAT bad after being T-boned and cut out of Aaron's Jeep Cherokee.
How fast was the asshole in the Mercedes going when he ran that stop sign??? I have no idea, but it was just as fast, as he speed away from the accident, leaving his actual license plate behind.
Police reports, ambulance rides, CT scans, morphine, crutches, power tools breaking through the... read more

Like a lot of people I know I’ve been annually going out the desert in Sept. I pack my self enough food and water to survive for a week, but I also bring as many sheets as I can beg, borrow, or rent and my massage table. This year I drove far out in the reaches of eastern Oregon, my trip spanned Union to Elgin.

I set up in a large tent with a handful of good friends, for a week, there were lots of naked people, actually half of the people in the tent seemed to be naked at all time... read more

Interesting ahh-ha moment this evening... I've often considered myself a Pacifist for various reasons. Not until tonight had I really thought about pacifism equated to non-action.
Here in Portland again, the prospect of daily life and deep committed relationship bring to the surface all the resistance to conflict and my questions and habits around that. Not to mention the carefully waged battles I fight with inertia and sloth.
I picked up the autobiography of Ghandi recently, i... read more