amy antongiovanni,
anne lamott,
annie dillard,
annihilating the ego,
anthony doerr,
asceticism,
barbara kingsolver, campfire trances, christian leftists,
comedy writing,
creative writing,
dignity, discussions on human nature,
early r.e.m.,
earth tones,
encaustic art,
faith,
forgiveness,
fr. seraphim rose,
getting back up,
getting published,
hafiz,
hand drums, heather altfeld,
hiking,
improv,
jeffrey mcdaniel,
josh bell,
karma,
kay ryan, kaya oakes, kiara koenig,
koyaanisqatsi,
larissa szporluk,
lgbtq rights,
mary karr,
mary oliver, mental health naps,
mexican food, orange dirt, overcoming fatalistic tendencies,
patti smith,
photography,
poe ballantine,
poetry,
pronoiacs,
redemption,
religious syncretism, ridiculous hope,
rumi,
saints,
samuel menashe,
screenwriting,
serious writers,
sherman alexie,
short stories,
simplicity, solitary places in nature,
stacks of books everywhere,
stand-up comedy,
susan wooldridge,
the elements,
the eternal tao,
the next life,
the sun magazine,
tony hoagland,
transformation,
tree of life, troy jollimore,
universalism,
wislawa szymborska,
writing,
yosemite,
yurts