One thing I’m not is lazy – which is how we generally think of someone who lacks ambition. Since I was twelve years old, I’ve held a job, set goals and achieved them. When I was a busboy at a country club, I was the best-damned busboy I could be. The same could be said …

Greetings from Croton Point, NY where we’ll be until Friday. Then we need a place to stay for Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights. Please lmk if you have a level spot in the area! Having completed five presentations and songwriting workshops for The John Lennon Real Love Project, it’s incumbent upon your’s truly to mix …

Today, we left Sullivan County with mixed feelings. We enjoyed our week camping next to Gary and Judy’s home and were welcome to stay longer, but we have gigs, doctor’s appointments and an auto mechanic in Westchester County, NY. Commuting back and forth just didn’t make sense. Pivoting has become a specialty of ours. After …

I feel very fortunate in this moment. I have been given excellent health and I have long lived in a place where I have had plenty of food, shelter and love. In addition, I have been blessed with a passion for music that has consistently brought me joy. On the first part of the Adventure, …

As we set off on the first leg of the Adventure in the summer of 2021, one of my concerns was how I would deal with the partisanship that exists in our country. On this first leg, we traveled from New York, through the upper midwest and landed in Montana, so there was plenty of …

The German teacher, Eckhart Tolle, refers to the pain body” as the the state where we humans get stuck in our emotions. As opposed to being “in our heads,” being in the pain body is gut-wrenching! Due to the some trauma and some cultural messages about manhood, I hid my feelings for forty years, I …

Spending time with a good friend, I was able to admit something out loud that scares and depresses me. Ready for this? Most mornings I wake up with a sense of dread. Yup. My first feeling as I open my eyes is fear. My friend looked at me and said, “You, too?” There have been …

Over the last couple of days, we’ve done a lot of traveling and a bit of hiking in the Catskills and beyond. On Sunday, we drove to the western edge of New York where the Delaware River separates this state from Pennsylvania. On the way, we drove through a number of small towns like Livingston …

We enjoyed the first annual Hurleyville Performing Arts Festival on Saturday. It was a picture-perfect Spring afternoon, so it felt glorious to be outdoors in the sun, enjoying some original music and the vibe of shared community. In-between sets, we shopped for some new hiking boots and got a real education in buying the right …